COMMUNICATION SKILL WORKSHOP

MOVIE REVIEW

Submitted To,

Dr.S.Victor Anandkumar

Submitted By

JUNAID C PMBA-DMS1st Year

APOTHECARY

Directed By

Madhav Ramadasan

“A physician shall be dedicated to providing competent medical care, with

compassion and respect for human dignity and rights.”

THEME

Apothecary is a powerful reminder about certain unethical practices that are deep rooted in the medical? business?

CAST

Suresh Gopi as Dr.Vijay Nambiar

A widely respected neurosurgeon at the high tech Apothecary Hospital

CAST

JAYASURYA as Subin Joseph

As the poverty stricken patient suffering from a neurological disorder

Asif Ali as Prathapan

A former patient of Dr.vijay

CAST

• Dr. Vijay Nambiar is admitted Apothecary Hospital in a critical condition after a freak accident.

STORY

Former patients subin and prathaban get into doctor’s mind , even as he remains unconscious in the hospital bed

Asking question about his unethical medical tests at the behest of some medical companies.

STORY

Dr Vijay Nambiar uses his poor patients to test drugs on the behest of a giant pharmaceutical company, killing a few, and leaving another few to live like the dead

STORY

Unethical drug experiment made the life of patients into a living hell.

STORY

The rest of the movie is his impending punishment and the final atonement.

Should he live, he would go on to save even more lives. Dr.Nambiyar returns to life a changed man.

Dr.Nambiyar leaves the hospital to set up a charitable institution. His wife and several of the hospital staff and patients accompany him on his new journey.

Jayasurya’s weight loss for the character of Subi Joseph is really appreciable

Madhav Ramdas has to be appreciated for this brave attempt. Apothecary is a very risky attempt, a minute fault in the script or direction can affect entire movie. But this is where the director won.

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