Chandanilekkoru Vazhi - 2006
(A Way to Chandra)
Through the life of a family that is engaged in the traditional art of singing `Thukkilunarthu pattu' (songs that were meant to wake up the gods) as a backdrop, the film questions how violence creeps into a simple, innocent society; the fate of these souls after they fall into the clutches of modernity and how the outside world cuts through their traditional values.
Kumaran, carries on the burden of a family tradition with the help of his mother, wife Sulochana and his children Indira and Vinod. To make both ends meet, they run a small phenol unit.
Modernity and its unsettling tendencies that gradually creep into their lives is symbolised through the character of Lenin who comes to buy the phenol. His roving eye falls on Sulochana and Indira. The decadence of society is further highlighted by Kumaran's fear of taking his wife along for those long treks at night to practice an art that they had been pursuing for generations.
He decides to seek the help of a distant relation of his, Chandran, for the season when this art is in great demand. One day Chandran disappears.
Direction & Screenplay: Biju Varkey
Screenplay: Suresh, K G Pradeep
Cast: Nedumudi Venu, Rekha, Nishant Sagar, Divya Vishwanath, Chaaruhsan
Cinematography: M J Radhakrishnan
Editing: Ajith
Music: Afzal Yousef
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