History Of Malayalam Cinema Presentation

POWER POINT PRESENTATION OF HISTORY OF MALAYALAM CINEMA  

Submitted to the Department of Film Making Loyola College Chennai 600 034          by (Name: R. Sudharsan) (Dept no: 09-DFM-008)

Early Era The first cinema hall was established in Trichur by K.W.Joseph in 1907. Manually operated film projector. Electrically operated film projector was established in Trichur by Jose Kattukkaran in 1913. Jose Electrical Bioscope'. Tamil, Hindi and English films only projected.

1920’s to 1940’s The first Malayalam film, Vigathakumaran, in 1928. Silent film, produced and directed by J. C. Daniel. The second film, Marthanda Varma in 1933. Balan in 1938, was the first talkie in Malayalam directed by S. Nottani. The first major film studio, Udaya, was established in Kerala.

1950’s Themes from very relevant social issues. Linked with the material from literature, drama, and politics from the very beginning.

Jeevithanauka, (1951) Musical drama which spoke about the ego clashes

Neelakkuyil - 1954 Wins the President's silver medal. Scripted by novelist, Uroob, Directed by P. Bhaskaran and Ramu Kariat.

Newspaper Boy 1955 Contains elements of Italian neorealism. Story of a printing press employee and his family being stricken with extreme

1960’s Notable directors in 1960s and 1970s. Ramu Karyat, the director of Neelakkuyil directed Chemmeen (1965), First Malayalam film to win the National Film Award for Best Film. P. Bhaskaran also directed a few acclaimed films in the 1960s. Rarichan Enna Pouran(1956) Iruttinte Atmavu (1966). First colour film Kandam Bacha Coat (1961)

Notable Films

Bhargavi Nilayam (1964) directed by A. Vincent.

Odeyil Ninnu directed by K.S. Sethumadhavan

Murappennu (1965) directed by A. Vincent

Malayalam Parallel films of the 1970’s Emergence of a new wave of cinema in Malayalam. Introducing the works of the French and Italian New Wave directors to the discerning Malayali film enthusiasts. Adoor Gopalakrishnan's first film Swayamvaram (1972) The first Malayalam film to participate in an international film festival. An important author in Malayalam, Directed his first film Nirmalyam, by M. T. Vasudevan Nair Won President's Gold Medal for

G. Aravindan followed Adoor's lead with his Uttarayanam in 1974. Aravindan was famous in Kerala as a cartoonist before he started making films. His Important Movies Kanchana Seeta (1977),Thampu (1978), Kummatty (1979), Chidambaram (1985), Oridathu (1986), Vasthuhara (1990).

Malayalam Art Cinema of the early 1980s Adoor Gopalakrishnan made Elipathayam in 1981. This movie was widely acclaimed

and won the British His Important Mukhamukham (1984), Film Institute award. Movies Anantharam (1987) Mathilukal (1989), Vidheyan (1994), Kathapurushan (1995) Nizhalkkuthu (2003).

Padmarajan made his early works in this period including the movie Koodevide (1983)

His important movies Peruvazhiyambalam - 1979 Oridathoru Phayalwan – 1981 Thinkalazcha Nalla Divasam – 1985 Namukku Parkan Munthiri Thoppukal – 1986 Desadanakkili Karayarilla – 1986 Arappatta Kettiya Gramathil - 1986

'Golden Age' of Malayalam cinema This period was characterised by detailed screenplays

dealing with everyday life with a lucid narration of plot intermingling with humour and melancholy. Perumthachan (1990), directed by Ajayan with Santosh Sivan as the cinematographer. Brilliant cinematography and lighting. Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (1986) by Padmarajan also the important movie in this period.

Other important movies in Kireedam (1989) directed by Sibi this period Malayil, Mathilukal(1989)

directed by

Gopalakrishnan 'Amaram'(1991)

directed by

Adoor

'Golden Age' of Malayalam The period had an abundance of movies rich in cinema creative humour from directors like Priyadarshan, Sathyan Anthikkad and Kamal. Piravi (1989) by Shaji N. Karun The first Malayalam film to win the Caméra d'Or-Mention at the Cannes Film Festival.

Other notable contributions of this period Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Mammootty started acting in this period. They have now become the most

His Highness Abdullah (1990)

directed by Sibi

Malayil Abhayam (1991)

directed by Sivan

Daisy (1988)

directed by Prathap K

Pothan.

Malayalam cinema through early-mid 1990s Important films in this period Mathilukal(1990) and Vidheyan(1993)

by director Adoo

Gopalakrishnan. 'Bharatham' (1991)

by

Sibi Malayi

Ulladakkam(1991)

by director kamal

Manichitrathazhu (1993)

by

Fazil.

Ponthan mada(1993)

by

T.V.Chandr

Desadanam (1997)

by

Jayaraaj.

Swaham (1994) directed by Shaji N.Karun, the second Malayalam film entry into the Cannes International Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Palme d'Or.

Murali Nair's Marana Simhasanam later won the Caméra d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival

Malayalam cinema through early-mid 2000s

The Malayalam film industry in recent times has been affected by the spread of satellite digital television and film piracy. Slapstick comedy is the predominant theme in the films of this era. popularity of Tamil and Hindi movies in Kerala. Many of the films released at this time become biggest hits movies.

Important movies

 CID Moosa (2003) by Johny Antony

Meesamadhavan (2002) by Lal Jose

Kunjikkoonan directed by Sasi Shankar (2002) It was remaked then in tamil as pearalagan

Malayalam cinema through mid-late 2000s Notable movies of this era Udayananu Tharam Note Book Classmates Kazhcha Keerthi Chakra Vinoda Yatra Rajamanikyam Arabi Kadha Kadha Paryumbol This era has seen new promising actors likeDileep Prithviraj, Narain, Jayasurya, Indrajith, along with