A movie that makes you want to write about it is not often found, T.D. Dasan, Std 6 B, is one such film. Its a wonder how every character (more or less) of the movie is positive, no muscle men bullying the down trodden or crooked politicians & businessmen.
Seeped in positivity, the movie is shot in green, hilly and often rain drenched Palakkad, Kerala.The story centers around Dasan a young boy brought up by a strong & beautiful mother and a fanciful grandmother surrounded by folklore in rural Palakkad.
Dasan's angst as a boy growing up with an absent father & his efforts to find him along with the kindness of the empathetic respondent, a young girl in Bangalore who happen to receive the letters addressed to the father forms the crux of the story.
The green countryside, innocence of folklore & a sky full of rain clouds that often form the backdrop of the story reminds one of their own childhood. The motif of train, running through the movie reminds one of distances and possibilities at the same time. Once it was over it felt like a rain had just come and gone, leaving the day cool n pure, washed of the dust of mundane everyday life & the heart full of faith in the goodness of mankind.
