Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016) on Netflix
Mahesh Bhavana runs a photo studio in Idukki with his father. Beaten in a village quarrel, he vows to wear slippers again only after he beats the man who shamed him.
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Plot summary
Mahesh Bhavana is a small-time photographer in the Idukki district of Kerala, where he and his father, Vincent Bhavana, run the Bhavana Studio. Next door, his friend Baby runs a flex-board printing shop, and Mahesh's assistant Crispin designs the boards. Mahesh is seeing his high-school sweetheart, Soumya. When Baby falls into a petty argument in the middle of the village, passersby calm the two men down, but the quarrel flares up again and Jimson, the other man's friend, turns on Mahesh and beats him. Humiliated, Mahesh vows to beat Jimson in return and pledges to put on his slippers again only once he has done it. Learning that Jimson has left for Dubai, Mahesh joins a kung fu course and waits.
Cast
- Harish Penganas Tomy
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016)
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- The film's revenge plot came from the life of Kuriyachira "Thampan" Purushan, a neighbour of writer Syam Pushkaran in Thuravoor, who was publicly beaten when he tried to break up a fight and vowed to wear slippers again only after avenging himself; his attacker had gone to Dubai, so he waited three years.
- Costume designer Sameera Saneesh dressed the cast entirely in secondhand clothes bartered from local residents in exchange for new ones, because director Dileesh Pothan wanted the film's details to look realistic.
- Fahadh Faasil injured his leg in September while filming a stunt with co-star Sujith Shanker in Cheruthoni; though advised to rest for two days, he carried on because the shooting schedule was tight.
- To create the sound effects for the climactic fight, the team used a big piece of meat to mimic punches and kicks, a process that took a long time and much trial and error.
- The film's two fight scenes were shot without any rehearsal for realism, and director Dileesh Pothan wanted the climactic fight to look natural rather than cinematic; Fahadh Faasil and Sujith Shanker had a tough time shooting it.
- About 1,000 fake milkweeds were made from lightweight materials for the film; in the scene where Crispin cuts them down, most floated upward like real ones and the shot had to be re-taken several times.
- Composer Bijibal first recorded the song "Idukki" with a small orchestra, singing it himself; his later version with a lush orchestra was turned down by director Dileesh Pothan, who felt it lacked the original's beauty and kept the first recording in the film.
- A song called "Ethetho", written by M. R. Jayageetha, was recorded but left out of the film; it was later used with Telugu lyrics in the Telugu remake Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya, and the original was released on Bijibal's official YouTube channel in August 2020.
