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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2019 Indian film by Leena Manimekalai}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Maadathy<br />
| image = Maadathy.jpg<br />
| caption = Promotional release poster<br />
| director = [[Leena Manimekalai]] <br />
| producer = Leena Manimekalai, Bhavana Goparaju, Abinandhan Ramanujam, Abhayanand Singh, Elango Raghupathy<br />
| screenplay = Leena Manimekalai<br />Rafiq Ismail<br />Yavanika Sriram <br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*Ajmina Kassim<br />
*Patrick Raj<br />
*[[Semmalar Annam]] <br />
*Arul Kumar<br />
}}<br />
| music = [[Karthik Raja]]<br />
| cinematography = Jeff Dolen<br />Karthik Muthukumar<br />[[Abinandhan Ramanujam]] <br />
| editing = Thangaraj Palanivel <br />
| studio = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2019|10||[[Busan International Film Festival]]|2021|06|24|India|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| runtime = 90 minutes<br />
}}<br />
'''''Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale'''''<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2019 |title=With Maadathy — An Unfairy Tale, Leena Manimekalai skewers the blindness of dominant castes to oppression |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/with-maadathy-an-unfairy-tale-leena-manimekalai-skewers-the-blindness-of-dominant-castes-to-oppression-7651481.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206185540/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/with-maadathy-an-unfairy-tale-leena-manimekalai-skewers-the-blindness-of-dominant-castes-to-oppression-7651481.html |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=4 July 2021 |website=Firstpost}}</ref> is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language folklore drama film directed by [[Leena Manimekalai]]. The film stars Ajmina Kassim, Patrick Raj, [[Semmalar Annam]] and Arul Kumar in the lead roles.<br />
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The film premiered at the 2019 Busan International Film Festival, where it received positive critical response.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Joseph |first=Ashish Ittyerah |date=7 September 2019 |title=Maadathy was a real testing ground: Leena Manimekalai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/maadathy-was-a-real-testing-ground-leena-manimekalai/articleshow/71022268.cms |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> The film later got released in the OTT platform Neestream globally on&nbsp; 24, June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Streaming date of Leena Manimekalai's Maadathy out |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2021/jun/15/streaming-date-of-leena-manimekalais-maadathy-out-25007.html |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The film is set against the backdrop of a river which symbolizes both the oppressor and the oppressed. The river is a way out, for the protagonist, a Dalit, Yosana; a liberation from the blind realities of caste. India is a land of Subaltern deities. Each deity has a unique legend, and these legends are often interwoven with sociohistoric tropes of India. The Puthirai Vannaar, an ‘unseeable’ Dalit caste group in southern India, are traditionally assigned the task of washing the clothes of other Dalits, the dead, and menstruating women. This film is a tale about a young girl who grew up in ''Puthirai vannaa''r caste group and how she came to be immortalized as their local deity, ''Maadathy''.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* Ajmina Kassim as Yosana<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite web |last=S |first=Srivatsan |date=24 June 2021 |title='Maadathy — An Unfairy Tale' movie review: The ghost of Yosana and the duality of being a woman |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/maadathy-movie-review/article34946344.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624094928/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/maadathy-movie-review/article34946344.ece |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=4 July 2021 |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
* Patrick Raj as Panneer<br />
* [[Semmalar Annam]] as Veni<ref name="The Hindu" /><br />
* Arul Kumar as Sudalai<ref name="The Hindu" /><br />
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== Critical reception ==<br />
A critic from ''[[The News Minute]]'' reviewed "It's rare to see a film where the male body is subjected to the female gaze".<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2019 |title='Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale': This Leena Manimekalai film shows an ugly caste reality |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/maadathy-unfairy-tale-leena-manimekalai-film-shows-ugly-caste-reality-112129 |website=The News Minute}}</ref> ''The Cinema Express'' wrote, "Remarkably exudes the power of cinema, of storytelling that is poignantly reflective of a society where legends of sin circle and haunt our deities".<ref>{{Cite web |title='Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale' film review - A blazing, poignant tale of terror |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2021/jun/26/maadathy-an-unfairy-tale-film-review--a-blazing-poignant-tale-of-terror-2321500.html |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
# World Premiere, [[Busan International Film Festival]], October 2019.<br />
# India Premiere, International Competition, [[Kolkata International Film Festival]], November 2019.<br />
<!--# [http://cartagenafilmfestival.com/ Latin American Premiere, Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival - FICCI, March 20200.]<br />
# [http://www.asianfilmfestival.in/ Asian Competition, Third Eye Asian Film Festival], December 2019.<br />
# Inaugural Film, [https://www.facebook.com/panchajanyaminternationalfilmfestival/posts/2653406451576122 Panchajanyam International Film Festival, 2020.]<br />
# [http://www.aifilmfest.in/ FIPRESCI Jury Award, Golden Kailasha for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Cinematography Awards, Aurangabad International Film Festival, 2020.]<br />
# [https://hiwff.com/ International Narrative Features Competition, Herat International Women Film Festival, Afghanistan, 2020.]<br />
# Official Competition, Jaffna International Film Festival, Srilanka, [https://filmfreeway.com/jaffnaicf 2020].<br />
# Special Screening, Colombo International Women's Film Festival, SriLanka, 2020.<br />
# [https://tasveer.org/tsaff North American Premiere, Coalition of South Asian Festivals of North America formed by Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF)], Seattle; Chicago South Asian Film Festival (CSAFF), Chicago; [https://dcsaff.com/ DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF), Washington DC]; [https://www.misaff.com/ Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF), Toronto]; Nepal America International Film Festival (NAIFF), Maryland; South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM), Montreal; and [https://visaff.ca/ Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival] (VISAFF), Vancouver.<br />
# [https://filmfreeway.com/LesRimbaudduCinema Finalist, Les Rimbaud du Cinema Awards, France, 2020].<br />
# [https://riffa.ca/ Official Competition, Regina International Film Festival, Canada, 2021.]<br />
# [https://www.wenchfilmfestival.com/ Inaugural Film, Wench Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2021.]<br />
# [https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/10/human-rights-watch-film-festival Invitation Screening, I View World Human Rights Film Festival, New Delhi/New York, 2021.]<br />
# [https://fipresci.org/ Top 20 Films Nominations, FIPRESCI- India Grand Prix Awards, 2020.]--><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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#[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/tamil/maadathy-an-unfairy-tale/ottmoviereview/83801424.cms "A devastating film on caste and gender discrimination"]<br />
#[https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/with-maadathy-an-unfairy-tale-leena-manimekalai-skewers-the-blindness-of-dominant-castes-to-oppression-7651481.html?fbclid=IwAR2erX076oIrIN4ZvHqO2TkdWDsT35By3n0l9w5Eo8XjbJM9HtBRqP5r32k "This film needs to be watched, urgently, but our collective outrage when watching it will be a pitiful offering"] <br />
#[https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/2020/oct/09/maadathy-an-unfairy-tale-movie-review-leela-manimekalais-blazing-and-poignant-tale-of-terror-20691.html "Remarkably exudes the power of cinema, of storytelling that is poignantly reflective of a society where legends of sin circle and haunt our deities.]<br />
#Moving portrayal of innocence in a casteist world | Deccan [https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/dh-talkies/moving-portrayal-of-innocence-in-a-casteist-world-1001576.html Herald]<br />
#[https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/indian-cinema/maadathy-leena-manimekalai-tamil-indie-film-media-mainstream-movies-caste-politics-dalit "I believed that it is unethical to write and make imagined stories about real people. They must be co-authors"]<br />
#[https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-invisibles-filmmaker-leena-manimekalai-maadathy-an-unfairy-tale-puthirai-vannar-community-sengadal-the-dead-sea-6107373/ "My films are my way of showing solidarity to fellow human beings.”]<br />
#[https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2019/oct/04/leena-manimekalais-maadathy-is-a-gripping-narrative-on-caste-based-suppression-18602.html "I want to be a scavenger in art like a Puthirai Vannar. That gives essence to my existence”]<br />
#[https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/indian-cinema/maadathy-leena-manimekalai-tamil-indie-film-media-mainstream-movies-caste-politics-dalit#read-more Tamil Media Does Not Nurture Appreciation for Cinema: Leena Manimekalai, Director of Tamil Indie Maadathy (thequint.com)]<br />
#[https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2021/jun/25/maadathy-director-leena-manimekalai-our-families-would-collapse-if-women-chose-to-freeze-after-abus-25159.html Maadathy director Leena Manimekalai: Our families would collapse if women chose to freeze after abus- Cinema express]<br />
#[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/artist-without-self-doubt-fascist-leena-manimekalai-intv-maadathy-108779 "''Maadathy'' did change me as a person. Every project does that to me, it ploughs me and makes me bear its fruits, sweet or sour"]--><br />
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