Issue based films aren't much explored in malayalam cinema and fewer films that have strayed into the genre often tend to choose a documentary mode . It is where a Jalam stands out . The story is simple focusing on the life of a young women and her plight to own piece of land in the big bad city , Kochi . Seetha arrives in kochi along with her husband and kid to claim the land offered to them by the government and that was only the beginning of their ordeal . During the course of struggle the husband get killed in a accident . Now the women have to fight against all the odds for her survival . How the system fail the poor in what is a limited desire to have a own roof and how the society make it nearly impossible for a single hapless mother to push her life forward have been brilliantly depicted in the film . The premise of the story have cliches knocking at all corners but the makers have succeeded in overlapping all those pits making Jalam in to a powerful piece of art. The plot is a potential tear jerker and there are many instances where it could have stooped to melodrama but the linear narrative is amazingly subtle . Writing is top class knitting many aspects of serious tone that we see around but not once going over broad to preach the issues . Direction of padmakumar is surprisingly brilliant carrying a hard hitting theme with much needed maturity . Priyanka in lead role is superb getting into the grove and not hitting a hyper knot . Support cast of sethu lakshmi , prakash baare and adv of beauitiful are excellent . There are couple of songs that is used in the background and one of them starting with the lyrics "bhoomyile" is fantastic with super class lyrics I would recommend this film not just because it deals with a relevant subject but its a good film that is made well and deserves some attention .
Thanks ballu Shuttr ithupole offbeat label enu karuthi kanathe poyathaanu. Jalam ivde evdelum vannal poi kananam. ...
