Aadujeevitham Director Claims Attempts Being Made To Create 'Social Unrest' By Misinterpreting Film

Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life won nine awards at the Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Screenplay (adapted), among others. However, still, the movie continues to stir conversations on the internet. Amid this, the director Blessy penned a long note claiming that certain attempts are being made to create "social unrest by misinterpreting the contents of the movie".

Aadujeevitham is an adaptation of the 2008 best-selling Malayalam novel Aadujeevitham by Benyamin. It is based on the real-life story of Najeeb, a Malayali immigrant labourer, one among thousands of Indians who were forced into slavery in Saudi Arabia as goatherds on secluded farms in the deserts by the native Arabs.

Tried to highlight the nobleness of the human soul: Blessy

Taking to his Instagram handle, Blessy penned a long note about how the movie is trying to highlight the "nobleness of human soul". He wrote, "Najeeb’s faith in God got strengthened as the days pass by and God comes to him first in the form of Ibrahim Qadri and then in the form of the noble Arab gentleman with the Rolls Royce." Adding to it he stated that he tried to give this message consistently throughout the movie and never intended to hurt the sentiments of any individual, race or country.

He further mentioned that the movie tried to portray the compassion and empathy of the Arab people through the character of the gentleman who helped Najeeb (played by Prithviraj).

The movie should be treated only as a work of art: Blessy

Blessy who noticed there were some attempts to create social unrest by misinterpreting the contents of the movie urged everyone to treat the movie as a "work of art". He concluded the note by writing, "I call upon all to abstain from any efforts to attribute anything beyond what I as the scriptwriter, director and producer of the movie ever intended to communicate."

Released in March this year, Aadujeevitham's lifetime business is over ₹160 crore, making it the third highest-grossing Malayalam movie of all time.