The Teacher is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film directed by Vivek who also wrote the story for the film. Produced by Nutmeg Productions and VTV Films, it stars Amala Paul in the titular role alongside Hakkim Shah, Chemban Vinod Jose and Manju Pillai. The film has music composed by Dawn Vincent.[2]
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| Directed by | Vivek |
| Screenplay by | Vivek |
| Story by | Vivek |
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| Cinematography | Anu Muthedom |
| Edited by | Manoj |
| Music by | Dawn Vincent |
Production companies | Nutmeg Productions VTV Films |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
This film marks the return of Amala Paul to Malayalam cinema after 5 years. It also marks the second directorial of Vivek after Athiran.[3]
The Teacher was released theatrically on 2 December 2022.[4]
Plot
editDevika wakes up from her sleep and appears confused. She checks for body injuries and also finds that her ear ring is missing. She is not able to remember what happened the day before. She is a school teacher in charge of athletics and her colleague assures her that she is just tired because the school was having sports meet for the last 4 days. Her husband Sujith is a male nurse and together they have been trying for a baby for a long time.
Devika finds out that she is pregnant, but she is still in the trauma because she was raped by some college students during the last school meet. She hides that information from her husband. She looked for CCTV footages of what happened but the cameras were not working during that time. She searches porn sites for videos but does not find any. As the last step, she visits one of the students homes and cleverly keeps her phone on recording mode in his car. From the conversations he has with his friends, Devika understands that they still have video evidence with them.
Sujith gets to know that Devika is pregnant from the lab report. He visits her doctor and doctor asks him why are they doing abortion. Sujith confronts Devika and Devika admits that she was raped. Sujith gets angry that the fetus might be one of the rapists and he does not want to father it. Devika wants to file a police complaint, but Sujith discourages saying the family name will be ruined.
Sujith's mother Kalyani, a veteran comrade, gives her encouragement to take revenge on the students. Devika goes in search of them and finds the leader of the gang working in a food delivery service in Kochi. Kalyani recommends a police informant to her and that he will help her. Devika meets the student and pretends that she is sexually interested in him. He invites Devika to a Hotel in a remote place. There she finds all the students in the room who although deletes the video and destroys the memory card, insults and abuses her and says they don't want to see her again. Devika then locks the door and reveals that she is trained in martial arts and fights all the students with the help of her friend. They attach mock bombs to the kids and scare them to death but leaves them alive. Finally, she reveals to Sujith that she does not need him in his life but she will keep the baby.
Cast
edit- Amala Paul as Devika
- Deva Nandha as young Devika
- Hakkim Shah as Sujith, Devika's husband
- Chemban Vinod Jose as Mani
- Manju Pillai as "Patton" Kalyani, Sujith's mother
- I. M. Vijayan as Gunashekharan, Devika's father
- Nandhu as SI Musthafa
- Shajeer P. Basheer as Naveen
- Anumol as Geetha
- Vinitha Koshy as Dhanya
- Hareesh Pengan as Constable Varghese
- Parvathi T. as Gynaecologist Dr Varsha
- Prashanth Murali as Kevin
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Vishwambaran
- Senthil Krishna as Master Abu
- Nikhil Renji Panicker as Ajmal
Music
edit| The Teacher | ||||
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| Released | 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 9:10 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Saregama India Limited | |||
| Producer | Dawn Vincent | |||
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The music of the film is composed by Dawn Vincent. The first single titled "Kayalum Kandalum" was released in YouTube on 25 November 2022 while the second single, titled "Oruval", was released on 1 December 2022. The third single "Mazhaidara Vaanundu" was released on 7 December 2022.[5][6][7]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kayalum Kandalum" | Anwar Ali | Dawn Vincent | Sreenanda Sreekumar | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Oruval" | Vinayak Sasikumar | Dawn Vincent | Sayanora Philip, Rithin Parker Joseph | 2:38 |
| 3. | "Mazhaidara Vaanundu" | Yugabharathi | Dawn Vincent | Jassie Gift | 3:03 |
| Total length: | 9:10 | ||||
Release
editTheatrical
editThe Teacher was released in theatres on 2 December 2022.[4]
Home media
editThe streaming rights of the film were bought by Netflix and started streaming on 23 December 2022.[8]
Reception
editSajin Shrijith of The New Indian Express gave the film 3 out of 5 and wrote "When one considers the better-written and staged, albeit more violent, examples of films in the same genre in international cinema, one is bound to find the writing in The Teacher slightly lacking."[9] Anjana George of The Times of India gave the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "The Teacher is an old wine in a new bottle where we see an uber masculine vengeful woman who embraces brutality to find solace with the support of a man, which itself is sexist. The trauma of a rape is much more than the revenge and such films do nothing but normalise the physical, emotional distress one go through."[10]
References
edit- ^ "The Teacher". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Amala Paul's 'The Teacher' release date announced". The New Indian Express. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "First look poster of Amala Paul's Malayalam film 'The Teacher' is out". Onmanorama. 7 September 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Amala Paul starrer 'Teacher' gets a release date". The Times of India. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "'Kayalum Kandalum': Makers release the first song from the Amala Paul starrer 'The Teacher'". The Times of India. 27 November 2022. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "ടീച്ചറിന്റെ തിയേറ്റര് വരവറിയിച്ച് 'ഒരുവള്' ഗാനം, ചിത്രം വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച മുതല് തീയേറ്ററുകളിലേക്ക്" [The song 'Oruval' heralds the theatrical release of Teacher, the film hits the theaters from Friday]. Mathrubhumi. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "'മഴൈതര വാനുണ്ട്…' ഐഎം വിജയനും അമല പോളും- ടീച്ചറിലെ മനോഹരമായ വീഡിയോ ഗാനം" ['Mazhaithara Vanund…' IM Vijayan and Amala Paul- Beautiful video song from Teacher]. B4 Blaze. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Amala Paul's 'The Teacher' to stream on Netflix from this date". The New Indian Express. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "'Teacher' movie review: Tonally inconsistent, satisfying pay-off". The New Indian Express. 6 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "The Teacher Movie Review: Flawed ideas and imagery". The Times of India. 3 December 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
External links
edit- The Teacher at IMDb