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Thoughts on Kalki 2898 AD

For any new watchers, it might help to get some context. Kalki 2898 AD is about the emergence of Kalki, the last and 10th Avatar or Avataram of Lord Vishnu. There are 4 yugams according to Hinduism. Satyayugam, Tretayugam, Dwaparayugam and Kali Yugam. When evil shadows the world, Vishnu is born into Earth as a human to rid all evil. Krishna is one such very popular avataram of Vishnu. Kalki, the last Avatar has not yet appeared in Kaliyugam( the most evil of all times) and this movie is an imagination of that probable time.

Spoiler Alert!

Cons-

The dialogue, I understand that they now live in a place of amalgamated cultures but why does some of it sound so bad?? I watched the Malayalam dubbed version in theatre and it is actually not that bad but still this use of english slang that sounds so awkward and which can be easily replaced with regional slang is so annoying. For example why does the rebel fighter keep calling bhairava "bro" 😭. Especially when it can be replaced with "chetta" or " anna".

The names, Characters that should have traditional names like Shobana's character has Mariam, I mean Huh?? Who thought this was a good idea? Prabhas's character has a name that does not suit him even slightly( sorry guys but Bhairava is reserved for Ram charan's Magadheera, and he actually lives up to the name) It does not fit him thematically either bcz Bhairava is a form of Lord Shiva and that is not connected to Prabhas's character in any way whatsoever . As they revealed him as Karna at the end, they could have given him a name connected to being a son of the Sun god or smth like that. And the women's names. Sigh. Guys didn’t we all agree about using names like Kyra in Indian cinema. Then why does this KEEP HAPPENING. I mean Kyra, Mariam, Raya, Roxy(her character is another issue entirely)???What. Why. We have a bajillion good indian names both traditional and modern and u choose this, really. And if they're so adamant on using western names, use good western names like Rose or smth. Also who wants to bet that they thought they were the only ones who watched Raya and the Last Dragon and thought it'll be a good name for a indian girl.

THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE CHAARCTERS, I have been yapping about this for years to my sis so I might as well yap here too. Does the movie have good female characters? Yes. Does it treat them well? Hell no. Kyra, dead. Mariam, dead. Leela, left to die, probably dead or used as a sex slave. Roxy, there to add some spice and romance into Bhairava's boring life and consecutively forgotten and never seen again. Good thing Raya is a literal child or the writers will probably kill her off too. And it's the way their deaths have no meaning too. The man who Kyra sacrificed herself to kill is alive actually! Mariam after barely escaping death in the aircraft just gets stabbed by the villian. Sumati's case is gonna be a bit more controversial bcz while i like that she is free from the lab and might get a life of her own, it still doesn't stick quite right with me on her being told by Aswathama that her dharmam is to give birth to kalki ( more accurate and appropriate wording would've been duty or 'kartavyam') I forgot about Mrunal Thakur's character's death at the beginning bcz it had no impact at all. I don’t understand how the man who directed Mahanati could do this to the women of his movie.

Casting choices, You can sue me to hell and back but Prabhas was..not a good choice for Bhairava or as he is revealed to be, Karna. Let's be honest, every single movie after Bahubali was a huge huge miss for him and i'm almost convinced now that the reason Bahubali was such a hit was bcz of Rajamouli and the immense talent he was surrounded by like Anushka Shetty, Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan. For all the marketing they did for him as presenting him as the central character, he is not the main character(as he should be bcz I doubt he'll do a good job of it). His acting stands out like a sore thumb amongst Amitabh, Shobhana and Deepika. And i'm kind of disappointed that he's Karna bcz Karnan is such a complex and good character. Unpopular opinion but DQ should've been Karnan. He just fits. And Vijay Devarokonda does not fit Arjun either. His lines feel flat and emotionless. Maybe instead of casting popular Telugu names they should've casted people who actually fit and can act.

Bcz I sing, I feel slightly qualified to comment on the music in the movie. Prabhas's romance song needs to get burnt to ashes immediately bcz what. what even was that. Ew. But the theme of Kalki immediately bought back my hope for music in the movie bcz that was excellent. But I still feel like it could have been better by adding female singers in a lower pitch. The contrast would've been phenomenal. Bahubali's music director Keeravani already used these techniques in the Mahismati song guys, it's a guaranteed hit. Or maybe it's just my disappointment that there weren’t more female voices.

Krishna's voice should've been sweeter. He is pookie ok? and he deserves a sweet voice. I'm pretty sure he's described to have a voice that melts your heart. His current voice would've suited Balaram more.

Pros:-

The VFX was actually not that bad. Compared to the usual, it was miles better.

Amitabh as Aswatthama, Kamal Hassan and Shobhana delivered. They were absolutely excellent.

The little details were great. Humans get smaller through the progression of the yugams so Aswatthama being 8 feet bcz he was from the Dwapara Yugam fit perfectly. The mythical city Shambala. The little sculpture of Kalki, Bhairava holding and protecting the statue of vishnu from falling( foreshadowing?), Ashwattama meditates near Kashi's shivalingam, Gandhivam, the 5 objects around Supreme(Kamal Hassan) being the 5 evils.

Bujji, sarcastic and fun AI is always always a plus. Healthiest relationship that Bhairava has with anyone in the movie. And voiced by Keerthy Suresh? Double plus.

So many malayalam actors, it makes my malayali heart sing. Anna ben from Kubalangi nights, Shobhana and DQ 😭😭, and Malavika Nair as Uttara too. We were fed so well, just wish they did’nt kill all of them.

The inclusion of cringe english lines might've been dissapointing but the inclusion of races all over the world absolutely made up for it. Shambala's citizens being of all races, black, white, east asian, middle east and all of them being equally happy at Kalki's return made me cry. Hinduism and God is for every single person on earth regardless of their ethnicity. " Vasudaiva Kudumbakam" meaning the entire world is one family was embodied so WELL in that scene, I am floored.

No matter how many times Deepika walks into fire, she does it perfectly every time. Also that parallel between the birth of Krishna and Kalki!! Vasudeva walks through water while Sumati walks through fire. Literal chills

One can't mention chills without mentioning Krishna. It was the absolute BEST part of the movie no doubt. And not revealing his face was the best decision they made in the movie, the audience unknowingly understands that he is pure divinity. And he's Dark skinned too!! Granted he's said to be as dark as the rain clouds but meh, i'll take what I can get. I doubt that an actor with a skin colour like that is accessible. But not revealing his face and letting only the horse and his silhouette show was such a good choice, I can’t get over it.

The monks with guns 🙂

The Shambala weapons in the shape of Murugan's spear??😭 Excuse me while I cry.

The Mahabharata scenes

Supreme(Kamal Hassan) taking one drop of Kalki's essence and reviving from a Skeleton to a normal human body and that LAST POSE OMG

So even though the movie had it's flaws the good parts alone were all worth it and the theatre experience is phenomenal. The simple fact that all of this is going down and lil Kalki has'nt even been born yet is hilarious to me. It could definitely have been better but the parts that mattered, they did well.

And the iconic scene, Sree Krishna himself (forgive the trashy quality)

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Baahubali Navarathiri: 

three times Sivagami blessed Baahubali and the one time she didn’t!!!

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Baahubali Question Meme! 3, 6 and 14.

*blush* So….I got a little excited and wound up answering all the questions? If that’s ok? Sorry for so long-winded!

1. My preferred version is the Tamil one, just because it was the one I watched first, but the Hindi version is definitely more accessible and I’m also familiar with it. (I don’t understand Telugu, unfortunately.) But in terms of translation choices I was thinking of, my favorite one is of course the “yuvarani” vs “rajkumari” distinction between the Telugu/Tamil and Hindi versions. 

2. Dhivara! I love all the BB2 songs to bits and was intrigued by Sivuni Aana, but Dhivara was what really drew me in to the enchantment and beauty of this fictional world, and so I feel like I have to choose it due to sheer nostalgia. But from the BB2 options, probably Dandalayya because I love (and have probably over-analyzed) each and every one  of the tiny character moments we see in the short duration of that song.

3. Devasena, always. Not that I don’t like Sivagami–obviously I do, and I can see where she is coming from more easily than I can see some other characters’ perspectives–but I really, really adore Devasena’s kindness, inner strength, and self-confidence. We don’t often see a lot of female characters who are confident and secure in themselves and their relationships, but I wish we did!

4. Well, most of my fic is headcanons about my OTP (Amarendra/Devasena, naturally), so….have my NoTP instead? Which is Bijjaladeva/Sivagami, because absolutely she deserves better (I’d ship Sivagami/Awesome Female Bodyguard instead, or actually just plain Sivagami/Awesomeness) but my headcanon for them, contrary to RoS, is that Sivagami was married to Bijjaladeva just for her family’s wealth, and Bijjala always perceived his marriage to a commoner instead of a princess as yet another insult he had to face because of his status as lesser prince. There were certainly a few discreet attempts on her life before she took the throne, in hopes that his father would let him marry someone of higher status, but once Sivagami proved clever enough to avoid these, Bijjaladeva gave up, largely because he realized she was also clever enough to help him survive the court as well. It wasn’t until he identified a new protector in his son that he came back to the idea of murdering his wife.

5. This is embarrassingly obvious but: Kuntala, of course. Who wouldn’t want to live there? At least until Bhalla destroys it, of course.

6. I could watch the whole Kuntala adventure as its own movie and love it, but in terms of specific scenes: the hallway archery scene during the Pindari attack is probably my number one favorite. My second favorite is probably the boar hunt (I know, it’s an odd choice); the facial expressions of everyone concerned never fail to make me laugh and cheer me up!

7. Um….Devasena, though justified in her argument that he would make the better king, was kind of stupid to challenge Amarendra to take the throne in public at her baby shower? It absolutely made both of them look like they were guilty of treason, and it’s one of the few showdowns that Bhalla doesn’t subtly manipulate into occurring (or does he, in some Bhalla + Devasena deleted scene we just don’t see?)

8. I don’t know if anyone else will find this a hard question, but it certainly was for me. Kattappa is sweet but lacks Bhalla’s firmness of purpose; while Bhalla is heartless but knows what he wants and how to get it. I guess I have to go with Bhalla, just from residual “"Kattappa WHY?” anger, though.

9. Bijjaladeva is very good at surviving, even in the face of universal hatred. (And that really is about all I can come up with.)

10. I read Amarendra as having given up on his relationship with Bhalla by Devasena’s baby shower, and after his exile, having given up on reconciling with Sivagami unless she took the first step. I also see him as privately agreeing with Devasena’s scorn for the way his family treated him, while still feeling guilty about it. (I don’t think not-quite-a-saint Amarendra is exactly an unpopular opinion, but I can’t think of any other out there opinions that I have. Even my other option, “"I blame Kattappa more than Sivagami for Amarendra's death” seems to be more widespread than I thought!)

11. Can I take the cliche option and go with Hogwarts? The Sorting Hat deliberates between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor for a while with Amarendra but ultimately goes with Gryffindor. Devasena’s a Gryffindor ten seconds after the Hat lands on her head. Sivagami is a Ravenclaw, and Kattappa is obviously a Hufflepuff. Bhalladeva is an interesting case: he’s offered both Gryffindor and Slytherin and ultimately chooses Slytherin like his dad Bijjaladeva. Mahendra is a no-question-about-it Gryffindor like his parents. Kumar Varma is a Hufflepuff who asks to be Sorted into Gryffindor and never quite feels he belongs; conversely, Avantika chooses to be Sorted into Hufflepuff out of a sense of duty but probably would have thrived in Gryffindor instead.

12. Amarendra and Devasena in the time between their wedding and the baby shower, without a doubt. There’s so much I want to know about their relationships with Sivagami and Bhalla during that time period, if there were any political repercussions, and just what Devasena did all day because I can’t see her just sitting around. (My headcanon has Amarendra volunteering to go on a campaign on the border and taking Devasena with him to escape the awkwardness, but we have no canon evidence either way.) Plus, getting to see them find out about the pregnancy and just being cute together otherwise would be a bonus!

13. Avantika, I guess, even though I wish we knew more about her. But her character arc is a little more interesting to me, and I enjoy speculating about her background.

14. I’ll stick to South Indian movies, even though most people have seen these already (1) Magadheera - Rajamouli does epic fantasy as a warm-up for BB. Feisty heroine, larger than life hero. Villain ridiculously creepy instead of a credible threat though. (2) Mirchi - a super fun watch, especially when you consider how many actors show up in both BB and this movie; it’s pretty much everyone except Rana Dugubatti, Ramya Krishnan, Nasser, and Tamannah. (3) Two options, based on which movie you liked best! If you liked BB2, with political scheming, an ancient history setting , and an amazing Anushka Shetty, Rudramadevi. The plotting is erratic and the main romance lukewarm, but also involves more delightful gender role inversions than you might expect. If you preferred BB1, with the long lost but happily adopted orphan discovering super powers, the legacy of an identical father, and an evil uncle, watch 24! All of the above, with a fun steampunky ambiance. The heroine’s role is not terribly interesting, however.

15. And now I have to tag people! I choose @livinthefandommlife, @queenofmahishmati, and @perspicaciouslynameless to do uh, either this whole long mess or just 4, 11, and 14, whichever you would prefer!

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The Tragedy of Bahubali

I wrote this a WHILE back (think towards the end of 2015) when the first Bahubali had come out barely 6 months ago. I didn’t publish this then, but I figured, why not?

I didn’t watch Bahubali when it was in the theaters. While I heard all the hype for the movie even months before while I was in India, I saw the exorbitantly priced tickets, crowds at the theaters, and the general ruckus over what—to me—what just a movie, turned me off from watching it. I thought I’d come around to watching it when it was available online, when I was done with my semester. I had the opportunity to watch it when it came on TV; and by this time, I had decided to find out for myself what the big deal was: was it really a manifestation of misogyny as some had claimed, or was it indeed the best Indian movie ever, as others claimed? I found it to be neither; for me, it was both, and everything Indian compiled into a long movie. For me, it was a tragedy.

Bahubali begins with a blood-covered Sivagami (Ramya Krishnan, giving an extremely hammy performance) hell-bent on saving a baby, sacrificing herself, and viciously killing anyone who attacks the baby. The baby is saved by a group of tribal folk living by a waterfall: a childless Sanga (Rohini) takes the baby as a blessing from Shiva, and raises him. This boy is Sivudu (Prabhas), intensely powerful and curious about the world beyond the waterfall. One fateful day he climbs the waterfall with the inspiration of an unknown woman (Avantika, we find out, played by Tamannah) beckoning him. Upon seeing the real world and falling in love with Avantika, he takes on her mission of saving a prisoner, Devasena (Anushka) from the mighty Mahishmati, ruled by a tyrannous king Bhalladeva (Rana Daggubati). In the process of fulfilling this mission, he learns of his true identity as the son of Devasena and the previous king of Mahishmati Amarendra Bahubali (also Prabhas). The narrative explains, in a flashback, Bahubali’s and Bhalladeva’s competition for the throne, as brothers they both have equal claim to it.

S. S. Rajamouli was clearly influenced by fantasy—epic Hollywood films, such as 300, Troy, and Lord of the Rings. But he draws on Hindu mythological sources for the plot, power dynamics, and political games that happen in his kingdom. The trope of the brothers fighting for the throne is, in Bahubali, not Shakespearean, but Mahabharata-esque. The woman who further instigates the strife between the brothers, like Draupadi, here is Devasena. Unlike Draupadi, however, Devasena is a prisoner in her brother-in-law’s kingdom, unable to train her son to take revenge for her husband; she is conveniently cast aside to wait, and utter necessary praise of her deceased husband. Indeed, this is one of the tragedies of the film: the tragedy of the woman.

Rajamouli does seem to have some awareness of the existence of female spies, warriors, and guards (Kautilya mentions them in the Artha-śāstra, a treatise on running a kingdom): Sivagami is always followed by a female guard, silent but steady. However, to an audience that excitedly looked forward to a sword-wielding Anushka as Devasena (as she was shown in one of the earliest teasers of the film) and a warrior Avanthika, there was a serious failure to follow through. While the film might address this issue in the sequel, the treatment of female character so far is indicative of the attitude that women, after marriage, or love, are rendered useless in any other realm.

This is the tragedy of the female warrior. It is the tragedy of Avanthika, a fierce warrior, not caring about her appearance until she is forcibly feminized by Bahubali (in a very objectionable scene, followed by an absurd confession of love). It is the tragedy of Devasena, who cannot even reach the spite and anger that Draupadi managed in the face of her mistreatments. The only person this tragedy seemingly doesn’t touch is Sivagami, arguably the strongest of the prominent female characters, and most powerful, who is not a warrior, but a regent to the dead king, whose motherly affection for her adopted son over her biological son gives an interesting subversion of Dhritarasthra, whose blind love for his sons effectively led them to their destruction. There is still time, however; the death of Bahubali is a mystery that many theorize has to do mostly with Sivagami, implying a fall for her as well.

If the trope of the female warrior faces the tragedy, then the trope of the enemy faces gross stereotyping. The dark-skinned enemies from the south are the worst of all enemies; they plunder, rape, torture and kill with no discrimination (they are reminiscent of the Orcs in Lord of the Rings). They speak a different language, and are degenerate barbarians. It is the destruction of their army that will determine who will be the king: Bahubali, or Bhallaladeva. The problematic depiction of Kalakeya and his people is a disturbing manifestation of a prejudice against the “foreign southerners” that pervades the Indian consciousness. The stereotype of the Dravidian southerner is something that Rajamouli could have actively rejected or subverted in his film. That he chooses to reinforce this in a Telugu-language movie, a language that is proto-Dravidian, and of a culture is a manifestation of the mixture of “Dravidian” and “Sanskritic” cultures is indicative of the tragedy of self-identity in this film. It is a two-fold tragedy, as it is also a missed opportunity to create a three-dimensional enemy with nuances of political complexities of Mahishmati.

Bahubali, to me, is a tragedy: representation of all that it could have been but isn’t. Mostly in the cases of portraying female characters and outsiders, already subalterns, with no space for nuanced representation to begin with, Rajamouli and Bahubali fail dismally. Hopefully, as the first movie of its kind in Telugu, we can hope it opens doors for representations that attempt to be more nuanced and progressive.

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WARNING SPOILER ALERT!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED I went to see Baahubali 2 The Conclusion and my god I loved this movie so much. The first one was good but this surpassed by expectations and stunned me beyond words. I loved the smallest details that the director SS. Rajamouli added into the film, it showed how much effort was put into making the film. The movie itself was completely riveting I never wanted to look away from the theatre screen with the fear that I would miss out a scene. Each scene was so well made, the scenes were breathtaking and the audio was so strong and powerful. It was such a well made movie and I am so proud of being from the region that Tollywood is from. My favourite scenes have got to be when Amarendra teaches Devasena how to shoot with 3 arrows just them fighting in harmony made my freaking day. I loved how he let her do her thing instead of being all go and take shelter I save you, No that's not what he did, he respected and admires her courage and strength which probably led to her falling in love with him. I mean who wouldnt hes a perfect human being. Another of my favourites was when he stood up for her and eventually lost his right to the throne because he believed his wife and god he loved her to the point her sacrificed his love for the people and the one thing he trained for since he was born. I loved that scene so much I would have married him right there. Unfortunately these kind of things dont happen to women when their partners/spouses wont defend them against their mothers. In which it really inspired me with what Amarendra did. Moving on to songs, my favourite songs in the movie was Dandalayya, Hamsa Naava like I kept playing them on repeat, they were very well composed by MM. Keeravani I liked these songs a lot more than the first movie, Baahubali The Beginning. Next, the actors themselves. PRABHAS. My goodness he was so amazing as Amarendra Baahubali, simply fantastic he was every bit Baabhubalis character demanded. Arrogance, Charisma, Strong, Powerful, Caring and Generous. Truly a stunning performer he played both Baahubalis so well although I must say that I enjoyed watching Amarenda Baahubali much more than Mahendra Baahubali. RANA Daggubati was brilliant he portrayed Bhallaldeva so well if made me feel so much hatred towards him, which shows that the actor is good because it evokes genuine feelings from the audience. ANUSHKA SHETTY . HOLY CARP she was a goddess in this movie so well played. She played the part of the warrior princess so well. Every bit of her character was potrayed a strong, brave and independent. I liked her before but now i love her after watching this movie. She such a strong character she her own army. Its so difficult to see these kind of characters in Indian cinema unfortunately, however things are gradually changing and I am so glad for the change in more female oriented movies. Ramya Krishnan she was fabulous as Rajamata Sivagamj such a strong women leading the kingdom alone, shes a real inspiration. In this movie her role consisted of playing and vulnerable humane like when she was blinded by her own familys conspiracies which eventually led to the demise of Baahubali buts she was sophisticated and suave she deserves an award for her role. Sathyaraj A.K.A. Kattapa, finally after almost 2 years we found why Kattapa kills the son that he raised and loved. He played him so well and wa every bit Loyal, Caring and Caring Kattapa is. In this movie Kattappa has a more comedic role which Sathyaraj plays very well. A surprise Bonus Character is Subba Raju as Kumara Verma, I loved him he was so comic and hilarious and in the end he turned out to be such an amazing warrior fighting till death for Baahubali . In Conclusion( hahaha get the pun?!?) Baahubali 2 was stupendous going beyond my expectations it had everything that an audience wants a great cast, an action and romance packed movie with great fighting scenes . In my opinion the plot was a bit weak and could have been better but other than that everything was fantastic. I am so proud to be a Teluguite because of the fact that we keep getting flak that we dont make good movies so the haters can suck it. I hope that Indian Cinema continues to produce and create this standard of movies. I wish to congratulate the movie and its team on the terrific job they have done. JAI MAHISHMATHI !!✊ ps. if you want to talk about thr movie with me i would be glad to

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Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

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As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

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Ramya Haridas: A Daily Wage Labourer’s Daughter, Ramya Haridas Becomes Kerala’s Second Dalit Woman MP

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Ramya Haridas: A Daily Wage Labourer’s Daughter, Ramya Haridas Becomes Kerala’s Second Dalit Woman MP

Chaitra Krishnan Hyderabd040-395603080 August 1, 2019

Even in this day and age, if we look around, people are discriminated based on a million yardsticks that the society has forcefully imposed on them. Religion, caste, gender, and sexuality being the most prominent of these yardsticks, the minorities are often pushed into the dungeons of darkness even in the year 2019. Even Kerala, the state with the highest literacy rate in India isn’t an exception to these. It was just a year ago, Madhu, an Adivasi man who stole food was beaten to death by the mob in God’s own country. Sadly, the stains of caste are stubborn and there are only a few from the weaker sub-groups who have walked through the challenges and emerged successful. Ramya Haridas, the daughter of a daily wage laborer proved that she’s one of them when she won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in flying colors and became Kerala’s second Dalit woman MP.

Ramya’s political achievement marked the end of a 48 year-long wait for a scheduled caste woman to become the MP. And for the same reason, her victory is considered as a new ray of hope for all women from backward castes. Read on to know more about Ramya’s journey to power.

From Poverty To Power

Ramya hails from a humble background with her mother being a tailor and her father, a daily wage earner. She lives with her parents in a house allocated under the Indira Awas Yojana, a program by Rajiv Gandhi’s Government. After finishing her schooling till class ten, Ramya completed her diplomas in fashion design and early childhood education.

“We’ve seen poverty very closely. We used to live in a thatched hut back then, and even now, we reside in a house provided by the government. At a time when parents were too scared to let their daughters out, my mother encouraged me to push boundaries and actively participate in all spheres of life,” Ramya said in an interview with a news channel.

Ramya’s mother Radha’s association with Kerala Mahila Congress was the anchor that encouraged Ramya to step into politics. She began her political journey by joining the Kerala Students Union. Later on, Ramya became a member of the Youth Congress. One of her noteworthy works was her involvement in the social and land reforms related issues with Ekta Parishad, a mass movement that worked for the cause.

However, Ramya came under the spotlight when she was handpicked by party president Rahul Gandhi during a talent hunt program conducted by the Indian National Congress in 2011. She was not only shortlisted under the program but was also mentored by Rahul Gandhi himself.

Ramya was serving as the Kunnamangalam’s Block Panchayat President in Kozhikode district when her candidature for the Lok Sabha elections was announced. She won the elections with a whopping margin of 1.59 lakh votes against Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s P.K. Biju who was the sitting MP from the constituency at the time. Before Ramya, it was CPI’s Bhargavi Thankappan from Adoor constituency, Pathanamthitta who marked this achievement for the first time in Kerala’s history, in 1971.

The Rough Road

As we can imagine, Ramya’s journey to success wasn’t an easy one. She was different and joyful during her election campaigns where she would sing mostly folk songs to attract the attention of the public. Lok Sabha electoral candidates singing in public as a part of their political campaign is not a common sight in any country. But her approach was a huge hit and people would flock around the area to watch her sing and listen to her speak. Obviously, the opponent party members took this as an opportunity to belittle Ramya’s image.

CPM politician M.P. Raghavan made sexually loaded remarks about Ramya that she met the infamous politician P K Kunhalikutty (who faced charges in a sexual harassment case) soon after the announcement of her candidature. She filed a police complaint against Raghavan for his lewd comments against her. Ramya told a news agency, “I won’t allege that the personal attacks against me during the electioneering were because I am a woman from the Dalit community. But those who attacked me obviously know my background.” She also said that she will focus on uplifting the Dalit population in her constituency and also on the empowerment of women owing to the support of a huge number of women.

Ramya was among the monetarily weak candidates during the elections with total personal assets amounting to just Rs 22,816. During her election campaigning days, Ramya claims to have had only three sets of clothes with her. Later on, she had 56 of them as many of her well-wishers donated her clothes. Not just that, Ramya’s supporters initiated an “election fund challenge” on social media to collect funds to help her meet the electioneering expenses.

From Ramya’s story we learn that if we are passionate and hardworking enough, we can achieve anything that we want, regardless of our personal background. Let’s hope that she becomes an inspiration for all the women out there who wish to make a change in the system.

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Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

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Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

[india-today-yahoopartner-blog]

Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

[india-today-yahoopartner-blog]

Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

[india-today-yahoopartner-blog]

Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

[india-today-yahoopartner-blog]

Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".

[india-today-yahoopartner-blog]

Jayalalithaa's life on film: Dasari Narayana Rao to direct biopic?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's undisputed leader Jayaram Jayalalitha passed away in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5, 2016. She was 68.

While Jayalalithaa's death has left a void among her followers, an interesting news about Amma's biopic has cropped up.

ALSO READ: Rajini's next is NOT Kabali 2

ALSO READ: Singer Yesudas remarks spark controversy

ALSO READ: RGV insults Chiranjeevi

As per reports, the National Award-winning Telugu filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who is known for films like Swargam Narakam, Osey Ramulamma, Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesam, has apparently registered the title Amma.

Also, the trilingual project will be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Earlier to this, a morphed picture of veteran actor Ramya Krishnan dressed like Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was doing the rounds on the internet.

Speaking about her dream role, Ramya Krishnan also gave her consent and said she's keen on playing Jayalalithaa on screen.

However, we await an official confirmation regarding the same.

It must be noted that the controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter and announced his next film titled Shashikala.

Though the film's title has a lot to do with J Jayalalithaa's close aide VK Sasikala, the filmmaker said the project is "fictional".