Posts Tagged ‘Adoor Gopalakrishnan’

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    Adoor’s world of crime
    Adoor Gopalakrishan’s cinema is not one of convenience. Neither will it willingly invite you nor will it consume you with an immediate euphoria and, just as soon you tire of it, put you gently down as time goes by. His cinema is incisive. Without any deliberate overt intention but smoothly, weaving relevant themes into the plots, allowing the viewer to discern the...
    by Arthi V at August 21st, 2009 at 07:08 am
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    Kerala State Film Awards 2008 Announced
    Jury Chairman: Girish Kasaravalli. Best Film: Orupennum Rendanum ( A Climate for Crime) – Adoor Gopalakrishnan; Best Director: TV Chandran – Bhoomimalayalam; Best Actor : Lal – Thalappavu; Best Actress: Priyanka – Vilapangalkuappuram. The jury chairman has commented ‘..the quality of malayalam films have gone down’. (Source: Hindu, Express)
    by Ram V at June 3rd, 2009 at 05:06 am
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    Mammootty and the depth of emotions
    iView Author: Ram V (Bangalore, India) Email: Shrey.dna [at]gmail[dot]com Great Indian Actors-Part I : Mammootty and the depth of emotions ‘You should not limit this ceremony to just Hindi movies. You must recognize movies in other languages also. And you should stop identifying us as South Indian movie stars alone because we are Indians’ thundered Mammootty...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 17th, 2009 at 05:04 pm
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    Tigers and Monkeys
    iView Author: RAM V (Banglore, India) Email: With Held Tigers and Monkeys : I celebrated a tired Holi evening by reliving Satyajt Ray’s ‘Jalsa Ghar’, as I watched Ray Sahib unveil the human soul naked and beautiful, through the sounds of Indian classical music. The sound of classical music was never utilized before to such dramatic effect. I was...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 12th, 2009 at 06:03 pm
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    To Do Away With Desire
    Adoor Gopalakrishnan in his mise-en-scene conglomerate, Naalu Pennangal (2007) presents the sad plight of women strangulated by the patriarchal societal structure, where a woman is deprived off her erotic drive, marital bliss and her choice to beget children. Based on the short stories by Thakazi Shivshankar Pillai, portrayed in a deceptively simple yet effective...
    by Sulakshana Biswas at February 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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    Naalu Pennungal: Women world of Adoor has a global appeal
    If one wants to watch a film where each frame speaks in its totality whether its scenic beauty or visual aspects of characters portraying the emotions and where camera’s physical presence is almost absent from the screen and it fulfils the sole purpose of becoming the medium to show something, which is significant to the story, on screen and not for a single moment...
    by Rk at October 31st, 2008 at 08:10 am
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    Critical Adoor….
    iView Author: SUDDHASATYA GHOSH (Kolkata, India) EMAIL: withheld Critical Adoor and a few more words for Mumbai industry There is a series of recent releases in Bollywood as usual. With more to come in time I was thinking about a reaction from great Adoor Gopalakrishnan about the mainstream Hindi films. He, in a recent interview to The Telegraph (Graphitti), had said...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 5th, 2008 at 10:07 am
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    Cinematic literature should be part of curriculum : Adoor Gopalakrishnan
    Adoor Gopalakrishnan has resolutely been following a style of storytelling on the big screen that has a definite vision and sincerity of approach, never compromising with his ideals as a creative persona. For him, filmmaking is more than an art form – it is also a social statement and documentation. His sincerity to his craft is unquestionable, and his integrity towards...
    by Runumi G at July 1st, 2008 at 06:07 pm
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