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Cinema isoften looked upon as a source of entertainment. However, cinema has a muchlarger purpose to serve. As with any medium of art, cinema must offer an avenuefor spiritual enlightenment. It must help us feel, think and reflect on thelarger picture of our lives. It must help us build inroads into ourselves.‘Reelto Real’ is a book that explores the human mind through an analysis of the characters portrayedin Malayalam cinema. It critically analyzes the human mindthrough the narrative of cinema and draws valuable conclusions with regard tothe motivational drives of the human mind. The films mentioned under differentthemes in this book are valuable in the inferences they draw with regard to thefactors that shape mental health. They breathe life into the theories of personality and shape our attitude tomental illness. This would be a valuable guide to film makers, mental healthpractitioners, parents and teachers.Inan era dominated by the progressive deterioration of mental health, there is aneed to revive cinema from a psychological perspective. This book bridgesscience and art, and provides a rare perspective on mental health.