Oraalppokkam is a 2014 Malayalam film written and directed by Sanalkumar Sasidharan.[1][2][3][4] It is the first Malayalam movie that has been produced through online crowdfunding.[5] This is an initiative of Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi, a film society movement based in Thiruvananthapuram. Kazhcha has a history of producing short movies with the financial contribution from film lovers. Oraalppokkam is the fourth venture of Kazhcha. It is claimed that Oraalppokkam will be copyleft after five years from the date of release.
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| Directed by | Sanal Kumar Sasidharan |
| Written by | Sanal Kumar Sasidharan |
| Produced by | Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi |
| Starring | Prakash Bare Meena Kandasamy Bikramjit Gupta Venkit Ramakrishnan Tarique Hameed |
| Cinematography | Indrajith S. |
| Edited by | Appu N. Bhattathiri |
| Music by | Basil Joseph |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Malayalam, English, Hindi and Tamil |
| Budget | 26Lakhs |
Synopsis
editThe storyline of the movie revolves round an honest man-woman relationship in the backdrop of a natural calamity. Mahendran and Maya are in a relationship. They have their own independent lives even while they are living as a couple. Slowly the relationship ends up in a usual pattern and Mahendran the protagonist decides to separate. Maya leaves him and disappears without revealing her whereabouts. But the separation which is more or less forced and unnatural causes imbalance in the life of Mahendran. His curiosity to know the whereabouts of Maya mounts slowly and he starts a journey in search of her. At the end of the journey he reaches the flood affected Himalayan mountain valley Kedarnath. The story develops through the people he meets on the way and his dreams.[6]
Cast
edit- Prakash Bare
- Meena Kandasamy
- Sonia Kohli
- Bikramjit Gupta
- Chala Chari
- Tarique Hameed
- Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
- Swami Samvidanand
Production
editOraalppokkam is scripted and directed by Sanalkumar Sasidharan. This will be the debut feature film of Sanal, an independent film maker from Thiruvananthapuram. The cast including actor-producer Prakash Bare, writer Meena Kandasamy, Bengali director Bikramjit Gupta, senior journalist Venkatesh Ramakrishnan and theatre and film artiste Krishnan Balakrishnan. Indrajith S handles the cinematography and Appu N. Bhattathiri is the editor. Murugan is handling the production design. T Krishnanunni is the sound designer while Sandeep Kurissery and Jiji P Joseph are the location sound recordists. Basil Joseph is the music director and Derrick Sebastian is the executive producer of this project.[7]
Awards
edit- Best Director - Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
- Best Location Sound Recording - Sandeep Kurissery and Jiji P Joseph
Other Awards
- NETPAC award for the best Malayalam film in the 19th IFFK
- FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam film in the 19th IFFK
- Special Jury Award for the best director in John Abraham Award 2014
- Special Jury Mention for the best debut director in the Aravindan Puraskaram 2014
References
edit- ^ Nair, Shreejaya (20 November 2013). "A Bengali touch". Deccan Chronicle. Kochi, India.
- ^ Thomas, Pramod (7 December 2013). "A Woman of Myriad Talents". The New Indian Express. Kochi, India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.
- ^ Join Kazhcha
- ^ Crowd Funding
- ^ "Malayalam film to be launched through crowd funding". The Indian Express. Kochi, India. 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Moving the Masses". The New Indian Express. Kochi, India. 14 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Crowd-funded movie in the making". The Hindu. Kochi, India. 12 November 2013.
- ^ "State Awards: Nazriya, Nivin, Sudev bag top honours" Archived 2015-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. Malayala Manorama. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
External links
edit- Oraalppokkam at IMDb
- Deborah Young, "‘Six Feet High’: Goa Film Bazaar", review in The Hollywood Reporter, 30 December 2o14.