Dialogues in Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Film ‘Churuli’ are “Atrocious,” Says Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court, on Thursday, remarked that the dialogues used in the Malayalam film Churuli are “atrocious in nature,” as per Live Law.
The Kerala High Court, on Thursday, remarked that the dialogues used in the Malayalam film Churuli are “atrocious in nature,” as per Live Law.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Malayalam film Ee. Ma. Yau, starring Chemban Vinod Jose won the Silver Peacock awards for the best director and the best actor at the recently concluded 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Ukrainian film Donbass won the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at this annual festival held in Goa.
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.
The two scenes are tied together, as though the procession is taking place in his head. In his dreams, Vavachan had imagined his funeral happening on a bright sunny day, but fate has another plans. As the movie proceeds, the noose around Eeshi’s neck tightens, and the weather in Chellanam goes from cloudy to stormy and rainy.
The second trailer of Kerala State Award-winning movie Ee.Ma.Yau is trending on YouTube and other social media platforms. The film won the State Award in three categories, including one for its director Lijo Jose Pellissery. It is scheduled for a May 4 theatrical release.
Ee.Ma.Yau, Lijo Jose Pellissery’s highly-anticipated Malayalam film, will release on May 4. Aashiq Abu, producer of the movie, made the announcement on Facebook.
Director of Angamaly Diaries, Lijo Jose Pellissery, released the teaser of his next film, Ee Ma Yau (RIP), at the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), after screening Angamaly Diaries to a packed auditorium.
Lijo Jose Pellissery is back with his new project, Ee Ma Ou. Said to be a social satire, the film has already garnered good reception for its unusual first look poster.
The writ petition which sought to take down Churuli, director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s film, from the SonyLIV OTT platform was dismissed by the Kerala High Court on Thursday.
An uncensored version of Churuli, director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Malayalam film, premiered on the SonyLIV OTT platform, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) told the Kerala High Court on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Malayalam independent film Jallikattu was announced as India’s official entry for the 93rd Academy Awards. The Film Federation of India said on Wednesday that the decision was taken by a 14-member committee to send the Lijo Jose Pellissery directorial for the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.
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.
Another movie that has created a lot of buzz is Antony Varghese’s, Pepe of Angamaly Diaries fame, Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil. The prison-break thriller is directed by Tinu Pappachan and jointly produced by BC Joshi, Lijo Jose Pellissery, Chemban Vinod Jose and popular Malayalam filmmaker B Unnikrishnan.
Tinu Pappachan is making his directorial debut with Malayalam film Sawthanthriyam Ardharathriyil, the trailer of which was released recently. He has previously worked as an assistant director to Lijo Jose Pellissery.
Biju Menon and Joju George shared the Best Actor award at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards, while veteran actor Revathy won the Best Actress award for her performance in Boothakaalam.
Kainakary Thankaraj, the veteran Malayalam film and theatre actor, died at his residence in Keralapuram in Kollam, on Sunday. He was 76 years old.