Film analysisVelayudha Panicker’s story has been little celebrated even in Kerala, where he fought to end the many inhuman acts unleashed on the oppressed caste.CrisIMDBWhen Siju Wilson is first introduced in the film Pathonpatham Noottandu (‘the nineteenth century’), he appears as a mild-mannered young man, keeping his distance from the ruling class men of the dominant caste. In the few minutes he is inside the premises of their domain, he observes the injustices that go on in there – an oppressed caste virgin forced to go to sleep with a lustful Britishman, two slave men made to fight each other until one of them dies. He finally reacts when one of the men is being asked to kill the other, snatching the weapon, and riding away on a horse. That is how Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a social reformer believed to be the first martyr of the renaissance movement in Kerala,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodDirector Jacky S Kumar clarified that the film has no connection with the Hindi film of the same name. Digital NativeMalayalam rom-com 2 States is gearing up for release on Valentines’ Day, February 14 this year. The film features Manu Pillai and Sharanya R Nair in the lead roles and is directed by debutant Jacky S Kumar. From what we hear about the film, it will have no connection whatsoever with the Hindi film that was released with the same name in 2014. Directed by Abhishek Varman, the Bollywood film was based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel 2 States: The Story of My Marriage. Speaking about the film and the title particularly in an interview with the cinemaexpress, Jacky S Kumar said, “We used that title because it’s about a Tamil girl who enters the lives of a young Malayali man, his father, and grandfather. It’s about the events that follow the elopement of the young couple.
- 1/10/2020
- by Cris
- The News Minute
AdaptationWhile 'The Ivory Throne' will be produced by Arka Mediaworks, the studio behind 'Baahubali', 'The Small Town Sea' will be directed by Shyamaprasad.Tnm StaffAnees Salim’s The Small Town Sea and Manu Pillai’s The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore – two of the most critically acclaimed books from Kerala – will soon be adapted to screen. On Monday, Harper Collins Publishers, India, released a press note saying that the rights for Manu’s award-winning book have been optioned to Arka Mediaworks, the studio behind the Baahubali franchise. The book that focuses on the life of the last queen of Travancore, Sethu Lakshmi Bayi – born nearly a hundred years before Manu – became a bestseller in days, and went on to win several awards later. The press release quotes Harper Collins CEO Ananth Padmanabhan as saying, ‘We’re thrilled that Manu’s magnificent book is now one step closer...
- 3/20/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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