The Culture Jasoos

Dishing Out Home Truths - The Great Indian Kitchen Is a Feminist Film That Makes Even Women Squirm

Episode Summary

The Great Indian Kitchen is the best kind of feminist film, subtle, believable, entertaining and thought provoking. It has great performances by Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu as an ill-suited newly married couple in a very traditional homestead in Kerala. Watch the film with subtitles on Neestream, and check out this podcast for a deep dive on what works and how it made me, a privileged woman who leverages Swiggy and the labour of other women, pretty damn uncomfortable.

Episode Notes

The Great Indian Kitchen is the best kind of feminist film, subtle, believable, entertaining and thought provoking. It has great performances by Nimisha Sajayan  and Suraj Venjaramoodu as an ill-suited newly married couple in a very traditional homestead in Kerala. Watch this scathing film with subtitles on Neestream, and check out this podcast for a deep dive on what works and how it made me, a privileged woman who leverages Swiggy and the labour of other women, pretty damn uncomfortable.