Today’s Malayalees only have hearsay about the 1999 floods. 2018 was the year when the rain came into our lives, and there are only traces in history and what we read about in the flood of Takazi. Continual depressions, cloudbursts, landslides, sea surges, and mismanagement of dams have taken the lives of 546 of our brothers. Damage of thousands of crores. The flood of 2018 will come and go, and none of us will be untouched. The 2018 flood gave us the first opportunity to bring out the strength of unity even though it was chaotic and all the ego and hatred that we carried as sheep ornaments melted in front of the raging mountain flood. It was a time when every man was a hero.
A film based on the Great Flood was a dream of a young director named Jude Anthony Joseph for years. However, when everyone hesitated due to the terrible risks and heavy financial costs involved, Venu Kunnapilli, a writer and expatriate businessman came forward. After a year and a half of hard work, 2018 has now hit the theaters. Every Malayali has a part in this movie. Because you and I are the characters in it. It contains the burns and tears of our experiences. That is why we feel that even though there are more than forty actors and actresses, they are all stars. 2018 is a mirror held up to us. It’s me and you who’ve been soaking wet throughout it. Our screams were heard from the screen. That is why, even after the end of the movie, the audience would leave the seat in tears.