Film Society Movement in Kerala; a Study of John Abraham's Film Amma Ariyan
PAPER PRESENTATION
THE FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT IN KERALA: A STUDY OF JOHN ABRAHAM ‘S FILM ‘AMMA ARIYAN’
INTRODUCTION
‘No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep in to the twilight of the soul’-Ingmar Bergman.
Cinema provides an experience that cannot be found elsewhere. It can crystallize an emotion or an idea into a visual image. When cinema uses language the words can be integrated with images so that they become inseparable.
The Malayalam silver screen became a reality only in 1930.with the production of ‘Vigathakumaran’ directed by S.Notani 25 years after the birth Cinema in France. The world scenario had already stepped into talkies while the first silent film in Malayalm came to happen in 1928.By 1931, the talkies came to India .In 1940 second movie ’Jnanambika’ released.The tendency to make films on literary works can be found from this second film. The Keralites gave a hearty welcome to ‘Marthandavarma’ directed by Sundar Raj which was the depiction of the novel by the same name written by C.V. RamanPillai
It was only after seven years when languages like Hindi and Tamil had its share of talkies; Malayalam had begun to try its hands in sound films. This resulted in the release of the film ‘Balan’ directed by Notani. All the technicians worked in this venture were Tamilians. In its initial stage, Malayalam film was under the clutches of Tamil film industry. Contrary to the case of technicians all the performers were from Keralites
The film ‘Prahaladan’ was released in 1941.The next six years gave no room for Malayalam film .The release of ‘Nirmala’ in 1948 accelerated the pace of movie making .The establishment of Udaya, the first studio Malayalam film industry had laid its foundation stone.
Over dramatization, emotionalism and artificiality were the domineering factors in the childhood of Malayalam Cinema. ‘Jeevitha Nauka’ (1951) became a landmark in the history of Malayalam Cinema, since it
THE FILM SOCIETY MOVEMENT IN KERALA: A STUDY OF JOHN ABRAHAM ‘S FILM ‘AMMA ARIYAN’
INTRODUCTION
‘No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep in to the twilight of the soul’-Ingmar Bergman.
Cinema provides an experience that cannot be found elsewhere. It can crystallize an emotion or an idea into a visual image. When cinema uses language the words can be integrated with images so that they become inseparable.
The Malayalam silver screen became a reality only in 1930.with the production of ‘Vigathakumaran’ directed by S.Notani 25 years after the birth Cinema in France. The world scenario had already stepped into talkies while the first silent film in Malayalm came to happen in 1928.By 1931, the talkies came to India .In 1940 second movie ’Jnanambika’ released.The tendency to make films on literary works can be found from this second film. The Keralites gave a hearty welcome to ‘Marthandavarma’ directed by Sundar Raj which was the depiction of the novel by the same name written by C.V. RamanPillai
It was only after seven years when languages like Hindi and Tamil had its share of talkies; Malayalam had begun to try its hands in sound films. This resulted in the release of the film ‘Balan’ directed by Notani. All the technicians worked in this venture were Tamilians. In its initial stage, Malayalam film was under the clutches of Tamil film industry. Contrary to the case of technicians all the performers were from Keralites
The film ‘Prahaladan’ was released in 1941.The next six years gave no room for Malayalam film .The release of ‘Nirmala’ in 1948 accelerated the pace of movie making .The establishment of Udaya, the first studio Malayalam film industry had laid its foundation stone.
Over dramatization, emotionalism and artificiality were the domineering factors in the childhood of Malayalam Cinema. ‘Jeevitha Nauka’ (1951) became a landmark in the history of Malayalam Cinema, since it