Namukku parkkan munthiri thoppukal (Translation: Vineyards For Us To Dwell In) is a landmark film in Malayalam cinema directed by Padmarajan. The film is noted for its rich and detailed screenplay, expressive cinematography and flowing musical narration. It was released in November 1986 and is considered as one of the seminal works of the golden age of Malayalam films that lasted from the late 1980s until the early 1990s.
Namukku parkkan munthiri thoppukal is a warm and lyrical motion picture centered around Malayalee Syrian Christian-Nasrani life. It was based on the Malayalam novel Nammukku graamangalil chennu raappaarkkaam ("Let us go and dwell in the villages") by K. K. Sudhakaran (1986). The title of the film/novel is based upon a passage from Biblical book of The Song of Solomon or Song of Songs; Chapter 7:12. The Protagonist quotes this passage at one point during the movie. It starred Mohanlal, Shari, Thilakan, Vineeth, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. The film is especially noted for the brilliant performance of Thilakan and also for the flowing and warm thematic music by Johnson an important South Indian composer(wikipedia).
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Season (1989)-Malayalam Movie by Padmarajan
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Innale (Yesterday)is is adapted from the Tamil novel Jananam [Birth] by Vaasanthi.
Tamil Version of Movie Takara by Bharathan
ProducerKayar
DirectorBharatan
FeaturingVineeth, Nandini, Nazar
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Thakara(1979)- Movie by Bharathan
This film by Adoor(tenth feature from him) is a tribute to the strength of Women. Unlike other Adoor films, Naalu Pennungal develops through four different stories by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, each distinct from the other with no apparent attempt to link them together. The film distills to a rare purity four tales of village women in south India. Their titles are elemental: The Prostitute, The Virgin, The Housewife and The Spinster.
In each, a woman submits to a role society decides for her. Each role offers a paradox of freedom and bondage in nearly equal measure.
The quartet ('Oru Niyamalanghanathinte Katha','Kanyaka','Chinnu Amma','Nityakanyaka')of these stories is set in a chronological order starting from the middle of 1940s to 1960s.Though all the four stories haven't any direct link, the director maintains feminism and sexual exploitation on women is the under current. Another important aspect of the film is that even the minor characters are portrayed with due importance. Watching Naalu pennungal is like reading four stories. This type of story narration is rare. The creaftmanship of the master director is evident through the way he link the stories with women as the central theme.I really enjoyed watching this movie. Even though this movie is commercially successful, may be due to the star cast, it is not the best film from Adoor. I guess... Expecting more from Adoor...Is he more obsessed with the past?.
Direction & Screenplay: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Story: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai,Cinematography: M J Radhakrishnan
Editor: B Ajithkumar, Music: Isaac Thomas
Cast: Padmapriya, Geethu Mohandas, Manju Pillai, Nandita Das, Kavya Madhavan, Sona Nair, Remya Nembeesan, KPAC Lalitha, Manoj.K.Jayan and Mukesh.
Award: National award for Award for Best Director at the 2007 National Awards
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Insecurity grows with growing age and ‘Ekantham’ tells just that. It tells about two people who have become helpless.
Passenger’, is the debut movie of Ranjith Shankar, a former assistant to Lal Jose. The youngster happened to narrate a thread about two guys, who never had anything between them and hardly had any acquaintance, but becomes the saviour of each other's lives at critical moments.
Panchagni written by M T Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan is the story of a strong willed woman who gets involved in extremist activities. It is more than 2 decades old but stirs the passion in you even if you watch it now! That is the reason many others along with me consider Panchagni a classic! Panchagni is one of those films that will be remembered for a very long time to come for the truthfulness with which it approaches its subject and also for the natural treatment of the subject by the director- script writer duo(Read more:Panchagni: A classic )
Kaanaamarayaththu [Where the horizon is lost from view/[Beyond the horizon] (1984)
Directed by I.V. Sasi, the film starred Mammooty, Lalu Alex, Rehman, Bahadur, Shobhana, Sabitha, Seema, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sukumari, Unnimary and Noorjehan,
Story:Padmarajan P
Dialogs:Padmarajan P
Screen Play:Padmarajan P
Lyrics : Bichu Thirumala
Music Director : Shyam
Kerala State award 1984: Best Script Writer- P.Padmarajan (Kaanamarayathu)
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Director: I.V. Sasi, Writer: P. Padmarajan
Starring: Soman, Jayabharathi, Jayan, Madhu, Sarada
Director:Bharathan
Writers:Bharathan (story)
John Paul (screenplay)
Music Director: Bharathan, Ouseppanchan
Lyrics: Kurup O N V
Starring: Mamooty, Sarika, Nedumudi Venu, Innocent and others
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Chokher Bali (literally translated to "sand in the eye", figuratively to "constant irritant") is a Bengali film adapted from Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Binodini', where a beautiful, educated and vivacious young window Binodini forms the key character.
Padam Onnu: Oru Vilapam (Lesson One: A Wail)
This film is the story(set in Malappuram) of 15 year-old Shahina. She is very keen on continuing her studies, but is pushed into a marriage. For Razak, her husband, it is a marriage of convenience, another wife to slave for him and please him, and enough money to make it to the Gulf. Shahina breaks free, but the system eventually catches up with her.
Other awards and participations
Don Quixote Award for Best Film, Mobyl Award – Bangladesh International Film Festival 2003.
Best Film on Social Welfare, Best Actress – National Awards 2003.
II Best Feature Film, Best Actress – Kerala State Awards 2003.
Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress – Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2004.
Best Film, Best Actress, Best Camera man – Mathrubhoomi Awards 2004.
Best Screenplay, Best Director – Padmarajan Awards 2004.
Participation at:
Palmspring International Film Festival 2004.
Bangkok International Film Festival 2004.
Cairo International Film Festival 2004.
Indian Panorama at IFFI, New Delhi – 2003.
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Lenin Rajendran's Kulam is roughly based on C.V Raman Pillai's classic Malaylam Novel Martandavarma (on Maharajah of the Indian princely state of Travancore from 1729 till his death in 1758) published in Madras in 1891.
Oridathu - 1986(At a Place)is about the arrival of electricity in a village and is imbued with a deep sense of apprehension about ‘progress’. The narrative gathers momentum by piecing together little anecdotes and incidents that are triggered by the arrival of this alien technology, and gradually turns into a catastrophic vision about it. In the final sequence, we see a human figure is seen flying in the sky, as if it had lost all its connections with the earth and human life(upperstall.com)
Aravindan’s Esthappan (Stephen) is about the stuff legends are made of, about how we, transcend the everydayness of our lives by weaving tales out of memories, dreams and imagination. This narrative about Esthappan, who turns into a visionary in the minds of the Christian fisher folk in their village, weaves into itself local myths and legends, folk play and songs.Many of his films like Uttarayanam, Esthappan and Oridathu make creative use of the episodic cartoon format(info from upperstall.com). Esthappan is set among christian fishermen in Kerala and narrates life of a wandering and mysterious spiritualist.Arivandan draws parallels with the Biblical story of Christ and the mystic image of Estheppan constructed through reports about him by the people. While the Biblical myth is created as a reality, the simple life of Estheppan is converted to a myth.
Swathi Thirunal (1987), a period film by Lenin Rajendran is about the life and work of a 19th-century king of Travancore, better known for his musical compositions.
