Watched a Malayalam movie, Njaan aka Self Potrait, directed by Ranjith yesterday.:-))
Based on a novel called KTN Kottoor Ezhuthum Jeevithavum ( Life and Collected works of KTN Kottoor) by TP Rajeevan, it is an excellent adaptation of an ( what seemed) equally good literary piece. Realism meets fantasy. Film meets theatre.
About the life of a fictional historic character KTN Kottoor, the movie is a complex exploration of loves and lives of a progressive Nair person. Visually, there are moments which remain in the memory for long for their vividness and eeriness. The house in which much of the movie is shot, KTN's house in Kottoor, is a character in itself in the movie. With very competent acting by Dulquer Salmaan and others, it is a believable alternative history of the pre independence Kerala.
The movie has whetted my appetite to try and read TP Rajeevan as well as catch the other Rajeevan Ranjith movie.:-))
Malayalam cinema rocks.:-)). Both in terms of numbers and in terms of sheer variety.:-))
Based on a novel called KTN Kottoor Ezhuthum Jeevithavum ( Life and Collected works of KTN Kottoor) by TP Rajeevan, it is an excellent adaptation of an ( what seemed) equally good literary piece. Realism meets fantasy. Film meets theatre.
About the life of a fictional historic character KTN Kottoor, the movie is a complex exploration of loves and lives of a progressive Nair person. Visually, there are moments which remain in the memory for long for their vividness and eeriness. The house in which much of the movie is shot, KTN's house in Kottoor, is a character in itself in the movie. With very competent acting by Dulquer Salmaan and others, it is a believable alternative history of the pre independence Kerala.
The movie has whetted my appetite to try and read TP Rajeevan as well as catch the other Rajeevan Ranjith movie.:-))
Malayalam cinema rocks.:-)). Both in terms of numbers and in terms of sheer variety.:-))
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