SYNOPSICS
Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) is a Malayalam movie. Salim Ahmed has directed this movie. Salim Kumar,M.R. Gopakumar,Jaffer Idukki,Sasi Kalinga are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2011. Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Abu and Aisumma are an aging Muslim couple. Their aspiration is to go for Hajj and they make many sacrifices to achieve this aim. Now in their late 70s, they decide that they will go for Hajj that year. Abu, being a true Muslim, wants to go for Hajj only according to all diktats of Islam. Good-natured people try to help him by loaning the amount, but since this is against the accepted practices of the religion, he refuses to take them. Finally, they are not able to go. On the dawn of the Hajj, Abu tells his wife that they will go the next year. He goes to the mosque to pray on the Hajj morning.
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Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) Reviews
Outstanding!!!
Yes, its a stand out film and I mean it. Though i am not a Muslim and not a Keralite,I loved the way the director made this simple yet most powerful tale of two aged couple willing to sacrifice anything without compromising their self values. Each and every frame explains the inner nature of the couples being. Be it the simple shot where the lead, sacrifices his meal for saving money,or where the couples getting scared when a policeman comes for an inquiry or when the couples act like kids when they see their passports..Kudos to the director for considering all the minutest details in each frame. The Christian wood trader,the Hindu teacher, the Muslim travel agent who all tries to help the couple not only add value to the film but also portray the integrity of the country. The ending note where the couple takes the sequences on a positive note was the directors' lesson for reality. On the whole one of the best film in recent times. For all those directors, who consider hero worships, 5 songs, exposed heroines and 2nd rated comedies are their mantra for their film, do watch this movie. Verdict: This movie is an ART. Only for those people who know how to feel the art
Heart touching
I have always wondered why no-one from India makes movies like 'Children of heaven'/'Color of paradise'/'Baran'..in short I always longed to see an India director doing movies very much like that of Majidi Majidi..I am so glad, I finally found one in the form of Salim Ahamed, a débutant director from Kerala. Without revealing the story much, the movie is all about old couple, whose last wish is to go to Hajj and what happens in the process..story telling is very profound and heavenly with some outstanding background score and cinematography. Anyone with real taste in movies should not miss this precious jewel. No wonder why it is an Oscar nominee from India this year.
A real movie !!
Recently I watched one Malayalam movie which is on martial arts and Portuguese invasion, a big budget movie. I became disappointed big time seeing the way the Malayalam movies moving ahead. Before that I happened to watch couple of Malayalam movies those were commercial success. But I found them disappointing as well. I heard about this movie, "adaminte makan abu" and its performance in various awards, especially the best actor national award. So I bought t the DVD of this movie, and kept aside for some time. Finally when I watched this movie, I became speechless. What a movie !!! This is clearly a statement to Malayalam movie industry. There is no need for them to go to foreign locations or import glamorous heroines. This movie tells the story of an elderly Muslim couple who had their own share of personal agonies. Irrespective of that they decides to go to the holy Hajj, they kept aside all their savings only for this one ambition. I do not what t say what happens in the movie. If you are the ones who love good movies, go buy this one. I will not be surprised if this movie gets another Oscar to India.
Beautiful & Very energizing
On very few occasions does one's heart pour out after watching a movie. 'Adaminte Makan Abu' is made with such compassion and class that my words will go begging. The film is about an aged couple whose only wish is to pay a visit to Mecca. As pious Muslims, they have certain compulsions that puts them in an uncomfortable position with their friends, where a Hindu teacher, a Christian businessman and an orphan Muslim travel agent try to offer help to Abu and Aisu. Even though Abu desperately wants to visit Mecca, he never fails to recognize his responsibility towards his wife and his society. Setup with a backdrop in a rural village in Kerela, the movie is a beautiful journey of pain, love, compassion, forgiveness and brotherhood. Even though I am a staunch atheist and not a Keralite, I loved the movie for its originality and sincerity.