Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Friday Film Screening Friday March 26, '10 at 9:00 pm

Film:

Vanaprastham

Director: Shaji N. Karun

Music: Zakir Hussain

Cinematographer: Santosh Sivan, Renato Berta

Language: Malayalam

Runtime: 119 min


Venue: IDC

Time: 9:00 pm

Won National Award 2000


Plot:

Kunhikuttan (Mohanlal) is a respected Kathakali dancer but a member of lower caste. His birth was questionable as his wealthy father had a fling with a lower caste woman. Being brought up in a poor family his dreams of becoming a master are halted due to an arranged marriage. One night, while performing as Arjuna from Mahabharata, his dance amuses Subhadra (Suhasini), a well educated member of upper caste family. She falls in love with “Arjuna” on the stage but not Kunhikuttan the dancer. Subhadra rejects him and he is not privileged to see his son as well. He leaves his heroic roles on the stage and takes up demonic characters to expressing his dark side of the heart. The story ends with Kunhikuttan’s stunning performance from the Mahabharata demonstrating a man who essentially has no father and no son.


Trivia:

The title stems from Sanskrit and alludes to the place where all artists need to be, free of all emotional attachments and material possessions.


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