White Paper

Blessed. Nedumudi Venu in Malayalam film White Paper. In recent months, heart swells for the greens, ponds and chandana kuris offered by Namboodiris at quiet temples in Kerala; it led Rama and me to a youtube.com search and a stumble on White Paper. Had not heard of it. Arranged our sofas; for about 90 minutes were lost in Nedumudi Venu, Lena and a serious Jagdeesh; Laughed with Nedumudi Venu at the Laughing Club on a green hill; Nedumudi Venu before the camera does not act; he is; and the gentleman flaps in old Malayali graces lost in the malls, mobiles and internets of Cochin and Thiruananthapuram. White Paper deals with the parental ambitions of modern times to tomb their children; school, classes, studies ... a dengue biting all... and Nedumudi Venu salving the hurts of children ... at his village home a tad like Rama's Sreevatsam in Alapuzzha... in the mittam (foreyard), playing olapandu (bamboo ball) with grand-daughter, grandson, daughter-in-law Lena; we funned; wished could throwball an olapandu with Shreya and Chiyu ... White Paper is for modern times.... do we have to monkey our children? There may not be sure answers... the hunch stands watching Neel Battey Sannata of Ashwini Iyer Tiwari; a maid and a school drop out Swara Bhaskar has a dream for her daughter Apeksha; Apeksha says: a maid's daughter can only be a maid; not a doctor..'aukat nahin hai; but Swara Bhaskar thinks otherwise and Apeksha sews her dream ... the poor to get out of poverty have to snitch dreams from middle class homes... debates and arguments can wait .... Hopped on two Tamil films handling the agony of children and teachers ... Kutram Kadithal and Appa .... in Kutram Kadithal, a school teacher slaps a child and is in guilt while in Appa a school boy is done in by his father ... a relief from Rajanikanth and Vijay inanities ... finally wound down to Prakash Raj funner, Abhium nannum....a noon film is a must for Rama and me and there are many delights untalked and unwritten ....