Paadha Mudra
Paadha Mudra is a 1988 Malayalamlanguage Indian feature film directed by R. Sukumaran, starring Mohanlal, Seema and Nedumudi Venu in lead roles.
Paadha Mudra is a family film where an emotional battle happens to a son due to his father. Mohan Lal plays dual roles, one is a worker in the quarry, while the other is a home business owner.Paadha Mudra is affluent with a good amount of symbols. Some of them are need to be mentioned. The pappadom that the character Mathu Pandaram sells symbolizes the semen. Since this character is loyal to the deity that he represents, who gives the fortune of children for those who do not have them his characterization as a person who sells pappadams alongside becoming himself the human form of the deity is very significant and also justifiable. The spoon that is thrown by the child character Kuttappan to his biological father Mathu Pandaram can be seen as a symbol of penis. Somewhere in the film we are shown the character of Kuttappan treading on an old rag that contains the menstrual blood of his mother. This can be seen as a symbolic way of telling Kuttappans resentment toward a life of misfortune he has to lead and of a life over which he has only lesser controls. ........
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