Wonder Women and Anjali Menon’s Unmaking of Her Own Art
Watch on Sony LIV I happened to watch the new Anjali Menon movie ‘Wonder Women’ (2022), and the following are my thoughts. Unfortunately, most of them are negative. I felt it was a badly made movie. Anyway, I didn't have a lot of expectations from her as a director as my interest in her movies had declined since she turned into a commercial filmmaker. However, just less than a couple of minutes into the movie, the face of Nithya Menen cheered me up as she is an individual I like a lot in Malayalam cinema. But then again, barely two or three minutes more and I could smell disaster. That’s when Nandita speaks to Veni and her mother-in-law. The flaws: Nandita (Nadiya Moidu) is this lady running a preparative centre called 'Sumana' for pregnant women. She educates them on the subject and makes them practice yoga and various exercises for a few days during the gestation period to prepare them mentally and physically for easy and safe delivery and healthy motherhood. And what we ...