![]() ![]() ![]() She mentions time and again that her bakery business is not “small” or insignificant compared to her husband’s airline business. She dreams big, takes pride in her career, and puts in the work to reach her goal. She breaks into dance when she is happy – not in exotic foreign locales, but at home. In every space that she inhabits – either within or outside her home, she holds her own. ![]() ![]() It was a huge relief and delight to watch Bommi, largely because of how tired we all are of undeveloped/under-developed female roles in films.īommi is from a small town, but we see nearly none of the ‘village belle’ stereotype in play. In the very first scene that she appears in, a stranger on the train makes an unsolicited remark about how parents get looked after only by male children, while female children get married and move into another home. She is everything that mainstream female protagonists are largely not: feisty, ballsy, with a mind of her own and with ambitions (which she does not sacrifice after marriage and childbirth). You see evidence of this distinction through the course of the film.īommi lights up the screen with her presence. She is Bommi, not ‘Maara’s wife’ or the ‘hero’s love interest’. Among the many things that are commendable about Sudha Kongara’s Soorarai Pottru (2020) is the characterisation of Bommi (Aparna Balamurali). ![]()
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