Alternate Aesthetics as Epistemic Delinking: Cognitive Justice in G Aravindan’s Kummatty

Author(s)	Dr. Sairam R, Dr. Smitha M
Country	India
Abstract	While the early parallel cinema in India was modelled upon the realistic representations of the Eurocentric film movements, G Aravindan digressed from these trends and produced films that are epistemic shifts in the technique of film making and established, what Shiv Visvanathan terms as, “cognitive justice’” towards Indian Epistemology. Kummatty (1979) is a film by G Aravindan that broods on the threshold of mythology and reality. The film is a classic as it sets the path for cinematic innovation and epistemic delinking, in a philosophical enquiry of all existence. This paper is an enquiry of how the film aligns with the Indian epistemological perspective. The paper also examines the alternate film making style and the embodiment of Indian Epistemology through the portrayal of myths as organic in Nature.
Keywords	Indian Epistemology, Decolonial delinking, cognitive justice, G Aravindan, Kummatty
Field	Arts > Movies / Music / TV
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-04-12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.74406

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