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Movie : Arabikkatha (2007)

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The film narrates the story of Cuba Mukundan (Sreenivasan) who can be called an ‘impractical idealist.’ He is a staunch leftist who lives for the movement. Circumstances force him to take up a job in Dubai. But he finds himself a misfit as he has never worked nor seen life outside Kerala. He also realizes that the Malayalis working in this region, whom he had earlier mocked for leaving the country for monetary gains, actually leave due to lack of opportunity back home. They perform menial jobs and physical labor in order to support their families back home. Decades of communist activity has left Kerala an Industrial wasteland forcing Keralites to migrate to earn their livelihood. Mukundan realizes the difference between idealistic sloganeering and real issues. He has always had a soft corner for China as a result of his leftist leanings and when he meets a Chinese girl, she quickly finds a special place in his heart as she symbolizes China to him. Through her, he learns of the Communist atrocities in China and the struggles of the people fighting to overthrow communism. The movie depicts Mukundan who lives in backward Kerala being catapulted into the real world of commerce and industry that gives employment opportunity to workers from Kerala who would otherwise have a bleak future in Kerala due to Communist activity. Mukundan who finds himself in present society where sticking to any ideology without any compromises is perceived as something of an anachronism. Mukundan often fails to change with the changing times. The film also reflects the inadequacies of modern Communists in Kerala.