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Spirit At A Funeral: Indie Filmmaker Don Palathara’s ‘Shavam’ Peeks Into A Grief-Stricken Family

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Young filmmaker Don Palathara’s Shavam (The Corpse) is a monochromatic portrait of a funeral.  The film peeks into the interiors of a lower middle-class Malayali household where the after-death rituals of a young man is underway.Lack of budget was one of the reasons why Don chose to shoot Shavam in black and white medium.  “I wasn’t going to have extravagant colours, but at least, the power to choose the required colours would have been there (with proper budget),” he told Silverscreen. in.

Two Generations Struggle To Co-Exist In Malayalam Indie Film ‘Vith’

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Vith, which is still doing its film festival circuit, was screened at Kazhcha Indie Film Festival, Independent & Experimental Film Festival Of Kerala, Malabar International Film Festival, and International Film Festival Of Thrissur.If Don Palathara’s directorial debut, Shavam, had a camera that intimately engaged with its subject, it is a distant observer in Vith, his second film that’s still touring film festivals.

Best Of Malayalam Cinema 2021: 7 Films That Took The Viewers By Surprise

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

With 2021 being the year India’s local cinema embraced digital platforms and learnt to thrive away from the theatrical landscape, Malayalam cinema grew manifold in terms of reach. It wasn’t just the films of major OTT powerhouses such as Fahadh Faasil or Prithviraj Sukumaran that were widely watched but also smaller films like #Home, headlined by Indrans, and The Great Indian Kitchen. The latter, interestingly, was initially rejected by several mainstream OTT platforms for its low profile. After it premiered on a new platform NeeStream, it quickly took the social media platforms by storm.

Malayalam Film ‘Paka’ Selected for Screening at TIFF, Director Nithin Lukose Says He was Inspired by His Grandmother’s Stories to Make the Film

BY Chandhini R On

Nithin notes that since it is a film about vengeance, Paka features a lot of violence, but these are not shown explicitly. “We have adopted a sensitive and disciplined approach when it comes to cinematography, sound design, and other technical aspects”.Speaking to Silverscreen India, Nithin says Paka is a drama film that revolves around vengeance. “My grandmother had told me many stories in childhood.

Joyful Mystery Review: A Fascinating Comedy on Modern Romance Past the Honeymoon Phase

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

In a scene from Don’s previous film, 1956, Central Travancore, an old man at a toddy parlour rebukes a youngster who said he wanted to live like ‘the birds of the sky’ who don’t sow or reap, “You cannot interpret the holy book the way you like! ” Here, the title Joyful Mystery is a playful reference to the Bible, the part where Virgin Mary comes to know of her pregnancy.

Here Are The Top Stories Of The Week

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Friday releases this week comes with a huge vacuum at theatres – no new Tamil films are releasing owing to the ongoing film theatre strike.  At a time when online streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Hotstar put out movies merely months (or weeks) since its release, things don’t look so bad for film buffs.