 BHAVUM, winner of the Best Film Award at the 2002 Kerala State Film Awards, captures the struggle of consciousness of a young urban couple upon the arrival of the wife s mysterious sister. Their struggle, seeking to reconcile their desires with various realities and truths, results in the gradual deterioration of their relationship. Their evolving relationship plays out as a metaphor for a society that is growing apart intellectually and emotionally in an environment where the effects of globalization # mainly manifesting in avid consumerism - and the influence of media as a tool for proliferating propaganda have taken root. This irreconcilable wedge precipitates in the gradual disintegration of relationships inevitably resulting in degradation and chaos.