Leela; one word, many lives. (Analysis of Malayalam movie Leela (2016))
Leela , the title of the movie and name of one of its central characters obviously has a special scent of carnality around it. However the movie is not completely about what its title suggests. Besides it is also about the present society’s hypocrisy, lifestyle and unhealthy trends toward cultural degradation. Our central character Kuttiyappan himself becomes a satire on the modern society. The queerness with his behavior, place of living and mannerisms tell us a lot about the present society. Leela will be Ranjith’s first movie to use extensive symbolism. (Also because it is based on a literary piece) We know that cellphone is no more a material. It has become something on which people have invested a huge bundle of their secrecies, cares and worries. So this gadget is a unique thing of this century. People find it really hard to separate themselves from it. Whenever it beeps, vibrates or rings they jump on it. Almost always people are busy with this gadget that it has beco...