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{{Infobox film
| name = Padmini
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Susmesh Chandroth]]
| producer = Gopalan T.K.
| writer = [[Susmesh Chandroth]]
| starring = [[Irshad (actor)|Irshad]] <br /> [[Anumol]] <br /> [[Sanju Sivram]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Its-an-honour-to-play-Padmini-in-her-biopic-Anu-Mol/articleshow/53740491.cms |title=It's an honour to play Padmini in her biopic: Anu Mol | work=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>
| cinematography = [[Manesh Madhavan]]
| music = [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]]
| editing = [[B._Ajithkumar|B Ajithkumar]]
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Padmini''''' is an upcoming Indian [[Malayalam-language]] [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Susmesh Chandroth]] in his directorial debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movies/anumol-to-portray-artist-padmini-in-susmesh-chandroth-s-debut-directorial-english-news-1.1278404|title=Anumol to portray artist Padmini in Susmesh Chandroth's debut directorial}}</ref> The film is about [[T.K. Padmini]], one of the female painters from [[Kerala]], with [[Anumol]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/biopic-on-painter-tk-padmini-to-be-released-soon/ |title=Anumol plays painter TK Padmini in biopic | work=[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]}}</ref> portraying her. It also stars [[Irshad (actor)|Irshad]], [[Sanju Sivram]], Shaju Sreedhar, and [[Priyanandanan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Reflections-of-T.K.-Padmini/article16083262.ece |title=Reflections of T.K. Padmini | work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 October 2016 }}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
Padmini is a biopic on the life of [[T. K. Padmini]], a woman painter from India. Born in 1940, in a remote village in the Malabar District of Madras Presidency, she grew up in an orthodox environment where girls were never supposed to get higher education or jobs.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/%E2%80%98I-am-a-director%E2%80%99s-actor%E2%80%99/article16083263.ece | title= 'I am a director's actor' | date=27 October 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=Shilpa Nair | last=Anand | accessdate=18 September 2019 }}</ref> Padmini had lost her father at a young age and was brought up by her uncle T. K. Divakara Menon, who recognized her artistic talent and encouraged her to pursue higher studies in Art. Fighting against many odds, she managed to join the Madras College of Arts and Crafts, where the renowned artist K. C. S. Panicker became her mentor. She married her classmate K. Damodaran, who encouraged and supported her in her artistic pursuits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/210816/face-that-never-fades.html|title = Face that never fades|date = 21 August 2016}}</ref> Her works were acclaimed critically, and at a very young age, she came to be regarded as one of the most promising artists of her generation. She conducted exhibitions in the major cities of India and won various prestigious awards and captured the imagination of art lovers of the country in a short span of six or seven years, before her untimely death in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/Painting-the-portrait-of-an-artist-on-screen/article14570170.ece|title = Painting the portrait of an artist on screen|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 15 August 2016}}</ref> At a time when ideas like feminism were not in vogue in the field of Indian art, Padmini was far ahead of her times with her bold depiction of the condition of women and her daring portrayal of the female body, breaking the barriers of orthodoxy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/110816/embodying-padmini-a-real-life-character.html|title = Embodying Padmini: A real life character|date = 11 August 2016}}</ref>
The film narrates the story of Padmini’s artistic journey from a village girl breaking free from the constraints imposed by a conservative society to become a path-breaking artist of her times.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|5933582}}

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[[Category:Upcoming films]]
[[Category:Upcoming directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical drama films]]
[[Category:Biographical films about painters]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of 20th-century painters]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Indian women]]

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