Uyare (transl. Up above) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Manu Ashokan (in his directorial debut), written by Bobby & Sanjay and produced by the sister-trio Shenuga, Shegna, and Sherga.[1] The film stars Parvathy Thiruvothu, Asif Ali and Tovino Thomas. The story follows the life of Pallavi Raveendran (Parvathy), an aviation student who survived acid attack that disfigured her face and jeopardize her career.[2] Filming that began in November 2018 was completed by the end of January 2019.
Uyare was released in India on 26 April 2019. It received widespread critical acclaim and was a major box office success of the year in Malayalam. It was nominated for the Best Debut Feature Film of a director at the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), to be held from 20 to 28 November 2019.
Story
The story revolves around the life of Pallavi Raveendran (Parvathy Thiruvothu), a girl whose ambition is to become a pilot. She is in love with Govind Balakrishnan (Asif Ali), who is highly possessive of her. She gets admission at a pilot training centre in Mumbai. Finally, she starts to dread his authoritarian nature and musters courage to break free from the abuse by telling him to get lost from her life after he pressures her to abandon her classes and insults her in front of her friends. However, next morning when she wakes up her life changes when she is attacked by Govind, who throws acid on her face as revenge. Pallavi’s face is disfigured and, as her eyesight is damaged, she gets her flight license revoked.
Pallavi takes her case to court but it is dismissed since there is not enough proof that Govind is the one who disfigured her. She goes back home but her friend at the academy asks to accompany her on a flight for courage. She re-meets Vishal Rajashekharan (Tovino Thomas) on the flight and reveals what happened to her. She has to move to another seat when a mother of a child complained that Pallavi’s face scared her child. Vishal tries to assure her that she can be anything she wants, but is quickly shut down by Pallavi, who says, that’s only possible if you’re beautiful.
After the flight, Vishal decides to take up the challenge and puts forward the idea of hiring her as cabin crew on account of her efficiency. However, his father turns down the idea and insults him. Later, Vishal holds a press release and live-streams, saying Pallavi has the brains and the attitude to be an air-hostess which matters more than having a beautiful face.
During the press conference, he convinces his higher-ups to meet with Pallavi. Vishal calls her but she yells at him and hangs up for publicizing her story. Afterwards, her father convinces her to give him a chance and she meets with Vishal and begins training as an air hostess with her friend.
On her first flight, she is given a hug, which comforts her amongst the stares of other passengers. Vishal starts developing feelings for her and confesses it but Pallavi turns him down saying she treasures his friendship the most and doesn't want to ruin it by romanticizing it. On her next flight, Govind, a passenger tries to meet and talk to her, attempting to get her to take back the case, saying it’ll ruin his future. This angers Pallavi and she throws a glass of water at him. Govind then leaves, after filing a complaint against her. Vishal confronts Pallavi, showing her a viral video of her throwing water at Govind and saying that others complained. When asked to publicly apologize, she refuses, stating she’ll react the same way if it happens again and quits.
Pallavi’s father attacks Govind that night and, the next day, the captain of Pallavi’s flight becomes unconscious and Pallavi takes over, even though she is still unable to see in one eye. Throughout the film, it had cut to a group of people talking about an emergency flight, the flight that is occurring in this scene. Vishal and another man argue about her flying and, when asked to get Pallavi out of the cockpit, he contacts Pallavi and tells her that the flight depends on her and he trusts her to navigate the flight.
Pallavi is able to emergency land the flight and everyone is relieved.
Govind, learning that he’ll get 5 years in prison willingly closes his eyes while motorcycling and gets in an accident. In the morning of her last flight, Pallavi bids farewell to Vishal. She thanks him for letting her into a cockpit and flying a plane once in her life. On her last flight, a boy gives her a rose for saving his father, who was on the dangerous flight, and Pallavi notices that other passengers from that flight were on this flight. The film ends as the pilot commends her.
Cast
- Parvathy Thiruvothu as Pallavi Raveendran
- Tovino Thomas as Vishal Rajashekaran
- Asif Ali as Govind Balakrishnan
- Siddique as Raveendran, Pallavi's Father
- Anarkali Marikar as Sariya D Costa
- Prathap Pothen as Senior Air Traffic Controller
- Prem Prakash as Balakrishnan Nair, Govind's Father
- Rajani Murali as Govind's Mother
- Preetha Pradeep as Pallavi's Elder Sister
- Bhagath Manuel as Abhi, Pallavi's Brother-In-Law
- Sreeram Ramachandran as Deepak, Vishal's Friend
- Anil Murali as Pallavi's Advocate
- Irshad as Govind's Advocate
- Ajay Mathew as Pilot
- Blessy Kurien as Air Hostess
- Nazeer Latheef as Judge
- Evelin as Young Pallavi Raveendran
- Samyuktha Menon as Tessa (Cameo Appearance)
- Mathew Arun as Avinash (Cameo Appearance)
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