There's something striking in director Senna Hegde's rooted film, Avihitham. The one-hour and 45-minute film, which primarily features men, ultimately showcases women's agency and raises the right questions that every silenced woman has in mind.
Avihitham, which was released in October, is receiving a lot of love from fans following its recent OTT release. This thought-provoking gem of a film hardly has known faces driving the story, yet with its grounded realism, it conveys a message about how women are seen, judged and controlled even when they're barely visible on screen or as part of the scene.
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The film follows how news of an illicit affair spreads when a man discovers it. The village men unite to catch the couple, especially targeting the woman, in the act.
The film's tagline reads, "Not just a man's right", and there cannot be a more apt description for the film.
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