![]() ![]() “For a widow, laughter is more frightening than weeping/ Priestly class, do you know the pain and agony of it?/ It is the fire of this agony that is forever blazing inside namboodiri houses” - Lalithambika AntharjanamĪt the expansive and decadent Palakunnathu tharavadu, the arena is all set for a Smarthavicharam (inquiry into conduct). ![]() Written by MT Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan, it depicts the journey of a Brahmin woman, Unnimaya, from being a widow to a vindicator of her self and self-respect. The inquisition took place in the early 1900s and the film was released in 1994. Less than 100 years after the inquisition of Kuriyeddath Thathri, a Brahmin woman, Parinayam came to the silver screen.
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