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Lijo Jose Pellissery’s ‘Churuli’ Streaming on OTT is Not the Certified Version, Says CBFC

BY Chandhini R On

Churuli, director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Malayalam film which released on SonyLIV on Friday, stirred up some controversy over its usage of cuss words. And now, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has put out a statement noting that the version of Churuli that premiered on the OTT platform is not the certified copy of the film.

Churuli Review: Lijo Jose Pellissery Leads Viewers Down a Path to Nowhere 

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Not very long after the premiere of Jallikattu, Lijo made his next film, Churuli which is set in a similar milieu ﹣a remote forest village full of men with a talent for violence.The film opens with a woman’s voice-over narrating to a young man (or a boy) the story of a brahmin who, while looking for a mischievous minion named perumaadan, got trapped in an unending spiral inside a forest.

Lijo Jose Pellissery Wins Best Director For Jallikattu At The 50th IFFI

BY Silverscreen India Staff On

Director Lijo Jose Pellissery won the best director award, for Jallikattu at the 50th edition of the International Film Festival Of India in Panjim. The award was announced at the closing ceremony of the film festival held on Thursday afternoon. This is the second time Lijo has won the best director award at this film festival. Last year, he had bagged the award for Ee Ma Yau.
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Jallikattu that premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in September, released in theatres in Kerala on October 17. The film, starring Chemban Vinod Jose, Antony Varghese and Sabu, is an official adaptation of writer S Hareesh’s short story.
Read: Jallikattu Review: A Visceral, Disorienting, Man vs Animal Film, That’s About More Than It Lets On
Over 190 films were screened from 76 different countries were screened at the festival which opened on 20 November. Among those, 90 were Indian Premieres, 6 were World Premieres and 11 were Asian Premieres.
The Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film was won by French-Swiss drama Particles directed by Blaise Harrison. The Silver Peacock Award for the Best Actor Male was won by  Sou Jorge for the film Marighella directed by Wagner Moura, while Marathi actor Usha Jadhav Silver Peacock Award for the Best Actor (Female) for the film Mai Ghat: Crime No. 103/2005. 
Italian Director Riccardo Salvetti won the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award for his film Rwanda. The best Debut Film of a Director Award was won by two films – Monsters by Marius Otleanu and Abou Leila by Amin Sidi Boumédiène.

Jallikattu Is Completely A Lijo Jose Pellissery Film: Writer S Hareesh

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Hareesh, the winner of  Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018 is back in his residence in Kottayam after attending the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where the world premiere of Jallikattu, the film adaptation of his short story Maoist, took place on September 8.The film adaptation of Maoist is action-oriented, with few instances of dialogues.  Jallikkattu completely belongs to Lijo, says Hareesh, who co-authored the screenplay with his friend Jayakumar.

Jallikattu Official Trailer Directed By Lijo Jose Pellissery

Direction : Lijo Jose Pellissery Producer : O. Thomas Panicker Screenplay : S Hareesh, R Jayakumar DOP : Girish Gangadharan Editor : Deepu Joseph Original Score : Prashanth Pillai Sound Design : Renganath Ravee Executive Producer : Salahudhin Naushad Art Director : Gokul Das Costumes : Mashar Hamsa Makeup : Ronex Xavier Stunts : Supreme […]

Jallikattu Official Teaser Directed By Lijo Jose Pellissery

Direction : Lijo Jose Pellissery Producer : O. Thomas Panicker Screenplay : S Hareesh, R Jayakumar DOP : Girish Gangadharan Editor : Deepu Joseph Original Score : Prashanth Pillai Sound Design : Renganath Ravee Executive Producer : Salahudhin Naushad Art Director : Gokul Das Costumes : Mashar Hamsa Makeup : Ronex Xavier Stunts : Supreme […]

‘Jallikkattu Is About The Beast In Man’: A Conversation With Filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

The filmmaker’s career graph though, doesn’t suggest this self-confessed indolence.  Six films and eight years in the film industry later, Lijo Jose Pellissery is now one of the most acclaimed filmmakers in Malayalam, constantly pushing his own bar and exploring new narrative terrains with every new film.

Silverscreen Recommendation: Here’s Why Lijo Jose Pellissery’s ‘Double Barrel’ Was Ahead Of Its Time

BY Adithya Narayan On

Back when the new-wave of Malayalam cinema was fading and most filmmakers were still trying different permutations and combinations of non-linear and hyperlink narratives, Pellissery picked the latter and applied it to a genre alien to Malayalam cinema – spoof.Double Barrel starred Prithviraj, Indrajith, Arya, Asif Ali, Sunny Wayne… and the tagline ‘No punches, only gunshots’ made for a perfect punchline in Malayalam.

‘Koozhangal’ is India’s Official Entry to the 2022 Oscars

BY Silverscreen India Staff On

Tamil film Koozhangal (Pebbles) directed by Vinothraj PS, is India’s official entry to the 2022 Oscars. 
If Koozhangal finds a place on the nomination list, it will represent India in the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards next year.
A 15-member panel of the Film Federation of India, headed by filmmaker Shaji N Karun as the chairman of the jury, selected Koozhangal from among 14 shortlisted films. Mandela, Nayattu, Sherni and Sardar Udham were among the other films in the shortlist.
Produced by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan under the Rowdy Pictures banner, Koozhangal, is directed by debutant Vinothraj, a Madurai-based filmmaker.  
Making the announcement, Vignesh Shivan tweeted on Saturday “There’s a chance to hear this! “And the Oscars goes to …. “ Two steps away from a dream come true moment in our lives.”
As per the official synopsis of the film, in Koozhangal, “An alcoholic wife beater embarks on a journey, dragging his young son along to fetch back his wife whom he had chased away.”
Silverscreen India’s review of the film called it “part of a new wave happening on the peripheries of Tamil cinema where young filmmakers with little or no experience in filmmaking are coming up with stunning experiments in cinema.”
In February this year, Koozhangal also became the first Tamil film to win the prestigious Tiger Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).  
Speaking to Silverscreen India after the win, Vinothraj said “Everyone who had watched the film at the festival had liked it. We knew we were going to win something.” 
“Film festivals are important. But I want the film to be seen by my people. It is about them, for them,” he added. 
The Academy Awards are scheduled to be held in March, 2022. Other films selected to represent India at the Oscars in the past include Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Jallikattu and Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy. Both films failed to find a place on the nomination list. In the 2021 Academy Awards, Danish film Another Round won in the Best International Feature Film category.

Malik Review: An Underwhelming Epic Saga about a Town and Its Hero

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

In 2017, Lijo Jose Pellissery famously brought back the spirit of gangster movies through his Angamaly Diaries, a joyous film that threw moral concerns into the wind, mirroring the period Malayalam cinema had been passing through.In the relentlessly designed opening shot (cinematographer Sanu John Varghese), the camera moves through his mansion overflowing with guests — the townspeople who have come out to see him off — revealing the size of his life and persona.

‘Jallikattu Presents The Raw, Unvarnished Brutality And Ugliness Of Excessive Masculinity’: Santhy Balachandran

BY Aditya Shrikrishna On

People are writing interesting scripts and elevating them through fresh approaches to filmmaking,” says Santhy, adding that for an actor, being part of a film is an exercise in faith.Santhy Balachandran, who previously appeared in Tharangam and Randuper, is at the Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of her new film Jallikattu, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery.