Jude Anthany Joseph recently released Sara's deal with the protagonist's choice to not be a mother and the conflict she has to go through with the society, profession and the people around her.
The movie as the name implies (Sara's), it's her story, her choice, it's all about Sara. But the real question is does Sara represent all the women who don't want to give birth. Though this movie is all about breaking the norms existed in the society about the glorification of the motherhood like many other movies in the past, Sara's shows a life of woman coming from a place of absence of barriers when compared to many other women who does not even have a choice of their own for many things in life. Sara's of course had her own conflicts in life, the film shows the injustice happening to her when her dream of being a filmmaker faces many obstacles because of her gender, the societal pressures she has to face because of her choices in terms of handling personal and professional life together.
"I was so happy after watching Sara's. It was for the first time, a movie discussing the very controversial topic for a generation of people here in Kerala ended in a positive note of the protagonist not having a baby and finding her happiness in her passion. After the release, I've read so many reviews regarding the abortion part in the movie. People were talking about the life of a fetus that was never given a chance and it was weird why they never think about the person whom it's going to affect the most."
"The only factor I saw as a negative was, both the protagonist and her husband come from a very privileged family and it's not the same for all. This won't happen in a common household where parents and others force women to have a child and they've no voice or a career to choose over or take a stand." says Abhirami Chandran from Forward Media, Cochin.
"Motherhood is not something that needs to be glorified and not everyone wants to be one, it's just another choice. It's our body and we have all the rights to decide whatever we want. The movie clearly points that out." she further added.
The film touches many relevant, socially needed subjects like generation gap, parenting etc.
“It’s not that I don’t like kids. I just don’t have the knack of handling them, and it hasn’t seemed essential to me,” she explains. “For me, a person’s ultimate aim should be to contribute something by which the world can remember you after you die, not just to have kids and be remembered by them." says the protagonist Sara in a scene which speaks volumes.
"Sara's by Jude Anthany Joseph is one of the best movies released recently. Reproductive rights is one the issues that directors usually refrain from addressing. For a woman who comes from a conservative society, having kids is considered a necessity rather than a right. Sara's gives a different perspective to the audience. It attempts to tell the audience that reproduction is a woman's right rather than a necessity. Looking at the other side, Sara is educated. She knows about reproductive health and the things they can do to prevent pregnancy. But the character actress Srinda plays, her character is not aware about it and hence, she is forced to conform to societal norms. So according to me education and knowledge came to her aid in times of need, which was not the case with Srinda's character" says Vandana Nampoothiri from Bangalore.
Above all of these, the guts to talk about a topic which is not touched yet in Mollywood is a courageous move; and Sara's is all about her choice.
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