<p>Director Jeo Baby's Malayalam film "The Great Indian Kitchen", one of the most loved and critically-acclaimed films this year, has been selected for the Shanghai International Film Festival 2021.</p>.<p>The movie has been praised for exploring the dehumanising nature of patriarchy and how it chains Indian women to the kitchen.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/dh-talkies/the-great-indian-kitchen-review-stark-share-of-reality-940279.html" target="_blank">The Great Indian Kitchen review: Stark share of reality</a></strong></p>.<p>Baby, known for films like "Kunju Daivam" and "2 Penkuttikal", shared the news on his Facebook page.</p>.<p>"We are happy to annouce that 'The Great Indian Kitchen' movie is an official selection at the prestigious Shanghai International Film Festival this year," he wrote.</p>.<p>The film, available on streaming platforms Neestream and Amazon Prime Video, had received heartwarming reviews from critics and fans.</p>.<p>"Through this film, I want to convey that women need freedom in the house as well as outside," the filmmaker had told PTI at the time of the film's release in January.</p>.<p>The story of "The Great Indian Kitchen" revolves around a nameless newlywed couple, played by Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu.</p>.<p>The wife is a dance enthusiast but post-marriage, her life is spent in cooking and cleaning while her husband, a teacher, spends his free time doing yoga. The father-in-law (played by T Suresh Babu) is the other entitled male of the house.</p>
<p>Director Jeo Baby's Malayalam film "The Great Indian Kitchen", one of the most loved and critically-acclaimed films this year, has been selected for the Shanghai International Film Festival 2021.</p>.<p>The movie has been praised for exploring the dehumanising nature of patriarchy and how it chains Indian women to the kitchen.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/dh-talkies/the-great-indian-kitchen-review-stark-share-of-reality-940279.html" target="_blank">The Great Indian Kitchen review: Stark share of reality</a></strong></p>.<p>Baby, known for films like "Kunju Daivam" and "2 Penkuttikal", shared the news on his Facebook page.</p>.<p>"We are happy to annouce that 'The Great Indian Kitchen' movie is an official selection at the prestigious Shanghai International Film Festival this year," he wrote.</p>.<p>The film, available on streaming platforms Neestream and Amazon Prime Video, had received heartwarming reviews from critics and fans.</p>.<p>"Through this film, I want to convey that women need freedom in the house as well as outside," the filmmaker had told PTI at the time of the film's release in January.</p>.<p>The story of "The Great Indian Kitchen" revolves around a nameless newlywed couple, played by Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu.</p>.<p>The wife is a dance enthusiast but post-marriage, her life is spent in cooking and cleaning while her husband, a teacher, spends his free time doing yoga. The father-in-law (played by T Suresh Babu) is the other entitled male of the house.</p>