
IntheIndianStateofKerala,anumberofCommunistpartiesstillwieldconsiderablepowertoday.Thebasisforthiswaslaidinthe1940sand1950s,whenleft-wingleadersledanuprisingagainsttheoppressionofworkersandfarmers.Thedivide-and-ruletactics,usedbytyrannicalbosses,wassymbolisedparticularlybythe‘chappa’system,practisedintheMattancherrydistrictoftheportcityofKochi.Thismeantthatdaylabourerswereforcedtofightoneanotherformetaltokensentitlingthemtowork.Unionmeetingswerebrokenupbyforce.<br/> TheHarbourshowshowtwobrothersenduponopposingsidesofthissystem.Onebecomestheleaderofanemployer’sgangofthugs,whiletheotherbecomesanactivist.Allthewhile,thewomenintheirfamilygohungryandthecommunityisravagedbyviolenceandalcoholism.Inthisepicfilm,featuringageneroushelpingoffightsequences,thestruggleforsocialjusticeandthedesiretomakethebestofyourlifearetwosidesofthesamecoin.






