g aravindan Pokkuveyil - 1981 (Twilight) Pokkuveyil is a journey through the complex labyrinths of a young artist's mindscapes, going through a phase of alienation. I wanted Pokkuveyil to be a visual expression and manifestation of music, its many moods and variations, with an end in the past. The story was that of a sensitive young man slowly breaking up mentally. I tried to cut the film according to the notes of the music and tried to give it a structure. A young artist lives with his father, a radical friend and music loving young woman. His father dies, the radical friend leaves him and the woman is taken away by her family to another city. The young artist's world collapse and he becomes prey to hallucinations and ends up in a mental asylum. The real life poet, Balachandran Chullikkadu portrays the role of the young artist in Pokkuveyil. In Pokkuveyil Aravindan recorded its audio first as a composition for the flute by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the sarod by Rajeev Taranath. The visuals were 'composed' according to musical notations, without any script. Pokkuveyil won Aravindan the State Film award for best director. Direction & Screenplay: G Aravindan Cast: Balachandran Chullikad, Satish, Ansar, Kalpana, Vijayalakshmi, V P Nair Cinematography: Shaji N Karun Music: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Rajeev Taranath, Latif Ahmed Also read : Aravindan on Pokkuveyil Other films by Aravindan: | Uttarayanam | Kanchana Seeta | Thampu | Kummatty | Esthappan | | Chidambaram | Oridathu | Marattam | Vasthuhara | | Home | Mail | | History of Indian Cinema | Indian Parallel Cinema | History of Malayalam Cinema | | Malayalam Parallel Cinema | Malayalam Middle-Stream Cinema | | Malayalam Cinema Database |