The Live Love Laugh Foundation survey notes that as per their qualitative analysis, ‘people with mental illness are likely to avoid discussing their mental health concerns openly due to the fear of being labelled or judged’. The few minutes Kumbalangi Nights spends on mental health delivers some of the film’s strongest messages.įirstly, the act of Saji reaching out to a loved one and expressing his wish to see a therapist casually shatters the associated taboo in seeking professional help. A 2011 WHO report mentioned Indians as being among the most depressed in the world, with 9 percent having reported an extended period of depression in their lifetime and nearly 36 percent suffered Major Depressive Episodes. A National Mental Health Survey of 2015-16 found that nearly 15 percent of Indian adults are in need of active interventions for one or more mental health issues. There’s a reason portrayal of mental illness in Indian films is a significant development – 47 percent of those surveyed by The Live Love Laugh Foundation were found to be highly judgemental of people perceived as having a mental illness. Madhu C Narayanan’s Kumbalangi Nights had immensely pleased me until this point with its marriage of a love story, familial drama, and a threatening undercurrent of fragile male ego, but it now seemed to transcend even those descriptions.
He confesses that he is losing his mind and needs a doctor. Instead, the elder brother reveals his vulnerability in a desperate plea. The milieu then makes it natural for one to assume that when Saji calls on Franky through the window, a few days after he slapped him, another fight could be on hand. Saji and Bobby are the only full-time residents of the house, always itching for a fight in the living room or the local bar. Bonny has moved out and stayed with his friends from a dance studio. Franky, the youngest of the lot, prefers being away at his boarding school where football offers him an escape and relief. The cause of these outbursts are usually the four brothers who begrudgingly reside in the same house. A comment or a peanut can ignite an argument. Chaos is a common occurrence in Kumbalangi.
0 kommentar(er)
