Nizhalkuthu
When NECAB, whatever it stands for, I did not bother to read about it, and after the screening, even more so. Well NECAB has nothing to do with the movie, they had arranged for the screening of the movie and also, an interaction with Adoor Gopalakrishnan himself. Had they not been so pompous about their association and had carried on their business like serous cinephiles, they would not have got my wrath. They way how Collective Chaos used to arrange for screenings and interactions.
There is a little I wish to say about the movie, well for such movies, there is a bleak chance to do justice to it. But what I do wish to share is the interaction with Adoor.
Adoor, comes with a high dose of intellectual humor and wit with him, which he uses adequately in the interaction. He is absolutely calm, and knows how much and what to speak, always in control.
The interpretation he gives to the movie, changed a lot of perspective of the film for me. And hearing it from him directly made all the difference. The key lies in the name of the ‘Nizhalkuthu’ Shadowkill. Shadow kill is the ability of magicians to be able inflict pain on someone by doing something to their images. The movie’s central theme is an interpretation of that. And in that woven are so many other practices, rituals, facts, and other intricate details. Adoor says he wishes to tell the truth to the people and nothing else.
Oru Pennum Randaanum (A Climate for Crime)
I have seen Naalu Penungal, and this is a continuation of the same series. Adoor says that for all the festivals where this movie was screened, it was always house full and that this was movie which was for him has bought the maximum number of awards worldwide. The universality of the subject and also the genius of the writer who wrote these stories when coupled with the genius of a filmmaker what you get is this
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