The Great Indian Kitchen

The Great Indian Kitchen
Promotional poster
Directed byJeo Baby
Written byJeo Baby
Produced byDijo Augustine
Jomon Jacob
Vishnu Rajan
Sajin S Raj
StarringNimisha Sajayan
Suraj Venjaramoodu
CinematographySalu K. Thomas
Edited byFrancies Louis
Music bySooraj S. Kurup
Mathews Pulickan
Production
companies
Mankind Cinemas
Symmetry Cinemas
Cinema Cooks
Distributed byNeestream
Amazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 15 January 2021 (2021-01-15)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The Great Indian Kitchen is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Jeo Baby.[1] The film tells the story of a newly-wed woman (Nimisha Sajayan) who struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband (Suraj Venjaramood) and his family expect her to be.[2][3] The music was composed by Sooraj S. Kurup and Mathews Pulickan.

The film was released on Neestream on 15 January 2021.[4] The film received critical acclaim and won Kerala State Film Award for Best Film, Best Screenplay award for Baby and Best Sound Designer award for Tony Babu.

The film was remade in Tamil in 2023 under the same title with Aishwarya Rajesh and Rahul Ravindran in the lead roles.[5] A Hindi remake is in pre-production with Sanya Malhotra and Angad Bedi in lead roles.[6]

  1. ^ "'The Great Indian Kitchen' review: Brilliant take on family, religion & patriarchy". The News Minute. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ Praveen, S. r (16 January 2021). "'The Great Indian Kitchen' movie review: Makes practitioners of patriarchy squirm in their seats". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Suraj, Nimisha Film 'The Great Indian Kitchen' to release on January 15". The New Indian Express. 12 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Jeo Baby's 'The Great Indian Kitchen' bags the 'German Star of India' award at 18th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "The Great Indian Kitchen: THIS leading OTT platform has bagged the digital rights of Aishwarya Rajesh's film". ottplay.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (24 November 2022). "Sanya Malhotra completes shooting The Great Indian Kitchen remake : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 20 February 2023.