Senna Hegde’s ‘Avihitham’ is a real charmer about small-minded men in a small village
- Trinity Auditorium
- Oct 17
- 1 min read
When a couple is caught kissing in the shadows, a bunch of gossipy men set out to “expose” the woman. What follows is a funny, smartly written comment on the things men do to women. That was the short take. A longer review follows, and it may contain spoilers.
Senna Hegde’s Avihitham opens with a quote. “They weigh us, measure us, and then decide our worth.” The author of this quote is simply named “She”, because this could have been written by any woman. The superb opening shot is a wide shot that covers the land and the sky with a moon. But over this stretch of nothingness, we hear a group of men drinking and talking trash about women. One of them refers to a woman named Rashmi whose husband caught her with their neighbour. In short, every “she” is a slut. (These men would use that word!) Another man says that instead of marriage, he’d rather have five hundred rupees for booze and a good night’s sleep. In short, every “he” in this village is a loser. The story gets going when one of these men takes a walk past the backyard of a house, a place thick with trees, and sees two people kissing in the dark.
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