The relevance of Sulaikha Manzil in the sequence of Malabar films

Malayalam cinema, always at the forefront of change, is the latest change brought about by films representing North Kerala, especially the Malabar region. It was through these Malabar films that Muslim characters were freed from the long standing labels of clothes and speech, far from reality. Sulaikha Manzil, directed by Ashraf Hamza and starring Luqman Awaran and Anarkali Marikar, is a sequel to Nigerian Sudani, Halal Love Story and Thallumala.

There are more discussions about the film when it was released in OTT than when it was released in theatres. Some of the posts that became praise and criticism on social media.

The art form of cinema has evolved from a time when Muslim characters were only portrayed as satirical and satirical, to where the same idioms and slang are accepted without any change.
It is made to change or grow. – Shanu Kozhikode

It goes without saying that so much love and trust between both parties plays a role in married life and everyone’s happiness has its own price. Even the day before yesterday, the woman’s attitude of saying firmly ‘if you don’t like it, you can refuse the nikah’, and Mollaka’s reminder, ‘Semire, you should ask your sister about the nikah, then everyone should listen and ask’ is a sign of the changing times. -Hanif Choruazham

It must be said that Sulaikha Mansil’s team has completely succeeded in keeping the feel of a wedding house intact from start to finish. The decision made by the makers to portray itself is different from the male-dominant narrative that competes to vilify female representation to praise it. Muslims ask their sister’s permission for nikah, men and women equally in the kitchen and women in the veranda at the time of saying goodbye showing a big change.- Ashkar Kuttyadi

There is a complaint. Commercial films featuring Muslims have only recently started appearing in Malayalam cinema. Very happy about it. But all these films show the history of upper class families. Middle and lower class families also have the story. Their lives have colors too. It should also be represented.- Basit bin Bushra

Before the marriage, how did you agree to this marriage with the girl, didn’t you agree to the forced marriage? When the groom asks how they can get married without knowing each other, ‘why be critical. This is my choice’ the heroine replies to Masai. My point is that the choice of heroine in Sulaikha Manzil in ‘Hala’ is extremely regressive.

So there are people like this and this is their representation. Arjun Reddy is another movie ripped by the same people. The choice of heroine in Arjun Reddy is also her choice. It can also be argued that there are such people.- Sky Jishnu Girija Shekhar

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