Kaathal – The Core (2023) on Netflix
Mathew Devassy, a retired bank manager, gets the chance to contest his village's local body election. Then his wife Omana files for divorce, alleging that he is gay.
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Plot summary
Mathew Devassy has retired from his job as a bank manager and lives in his village with his wife Omana, their daughter Femi and his father Devassy. Because his father contributed to the CR Party, Mathew is handed the chance to stand in the local village body election. One evening he finds out that Omana has filed a divorce petition saying he is homosexual, and she tells him she filed it two months before. Fearing the case will damage his candidature, the two go to the Family Court asking for a quick hearing. There Omana states that he did not fulfill her marital obligations though he was a good family man. The lawyer for the respondent asks how many times they had intercourse, and she answers four in twenty years of marriage.
Cast
- Josey Sijoas Sibin Teekoy
- Adarsh Sukumaranas Pradeep
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Kaathal – The Core (2023)
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- Anti-LGBT groups posted on Mammootty's social media pages criticising him for taking the role and calling for a boycott of the film, while Muslim clerics and Christian priests said the film would "brainwash the youth".
- While the makers were weighing options for a leading lady to play the wife opposite Mammootty, it was Mammootty himself who suggested casting Jyothika in the part.
- Director Jeo Baby said Kaathal was the first time he worked on a script that was not his own; he liked the story when he heard it and approached Mammootty for the lead role.
- Kaathal: The Core turned out to be the final film appearance of Kalabhavan Haneef, who played one of the supporting roles.
