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The Magnifying Glass rating 
2.5/5 The Magnifying Glass

   
Director A.K. Lohithadas
Stars Mamootty, Sreelekshmi, Sreehari, Mala Aravindan, Gopakumar, Sindhu
Certificate NC
Country India
Year 1998
Associated shops

Reviewed by Freya

DIRECTED by one of India's most renowned scriptwriters, this follows the disturbing events that lead to a single father's incarceration. Confined within the prison walls, his link to the outside world is witnessed through a small magnifying glass. What he sees on the outside is both beautiful and horrific, and ultimately a manifestation of his own torment and helplessness.

The issues of victim and victimiser are the central themes and are essentially compelling and undeniably disturbing. Each scene contains a subtle manoeuvring, that leaves you on the edge of your seat. Through the eyes of the protagonist a world is revealed where all is not as it seems, but this surrealism lends to the tragic and compelling nature of the story.

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