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| name = Aadum Koothu | | name = Aadum Koothu | ||
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|05|09|}} | | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|12||IFFI|2008|05|09|}} | ||
| runtime = 106 minutes | | runtime = 106 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
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'''''Aadum Koothu''''' is a | '''''Aadum Koothu''''' is a 2006 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film directed by [[T. V. Chandran]] and starring [[Navya Nair]], [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Aari (actor)|Aari]], [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]], and [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]. The film premiered at the [[37th International Film Festival of India]] in 2006 and had a limited release across theatres in 2008.<ref>https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/29kas.htm</ref><ref>https://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/27/aadum-koothu-director-watches-his-work-ist-time-at-iffi-1164636330.html</ref><ref>http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2008.asp</ref> Later, [[Zee Tamizh]] telecasted this film. The film received critical praise and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071203105718/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/12/stories/2007081255230800.htm "Winners of national awards do Tamil film industry and Chennai proud"]</ref> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
The film unfolds from the life of college student Manimekhala | The film unfolds from the life of college student Manimekhala, a village girl who can see what others don't. A serious reader of modern literature from a southern district of Tamil Nadu, Manimekhala sees visions that no one believes. Later, incidents prove that what she says become true. She creates scenes whenever she has these illusions. The illusions are like a movie projected on an imaginary screen from her bangle presented by her fiancé Muthu. The bangle is actually made from molten celluloid. This projected movie roughly reveals the story of a couple of street performers in love and tortured by a lustful [[Zamindar]], who tonsures the girl's head. | ||
Even on the marriage stage, her bangle projects such a show specially for her, and she creates a scene ending in the cancellation of the marriage ceremony. Later, Muthu accompanies her to investigate what really happens. It leads to an old retired schoolmaster, who narrates the story of the dropped movie. In the later 1970s, this movie was actually made by an enthusiastic young director Gnanasekaran | Even on the marriage stage, her bangle projects such a show specially for her, and she creates a scene ending in the cancellation of the marriage ceremony. Later, Muthu accompanies her to investigate what really happens. It leads to an old retired schoolmaster, who narrates the story of the dropped movie. In the later 1970s, this movie was actually made by an enthusiastic young director Gnanasekaran, and dropped midway due to a mishap. This retired man was enacting the role of the Zamindar in the film, and the plot was based on a real incident. The heroine is at first reluctant, when the director/hero tells her that her head will be really shaved and no special effects business. After persuasion, she agrees for the sake of reality. Meanwhile, the real Zamindar's son comes to the shooting spot and objects, stating that the real incident maligning his dad should not be canned. The master pacifies him saying that it is only an imaginary plot. | ||
But the Zamindar's son returns with his bunch of hooligans and creates havoc in the shooting spot. The tonsured heroine is mentally disturbed and hangs herself, and the shooting comes to a halt. The director disappears, only to return as a Naxalite to annihilate the wicked Zamindar along with his unshaved revolutionary comrades. But he is encountered by the cops and shot down, and the period was [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]]. | But the Zamindar's son returns with his bunch of hooligans and creates havoc in the shooting spot. The tonsured heroine is mentally disturbed and hangs herself, and the shooting comes to a halt. The director disappears, only to return as a Naxalite to annihilate the wicked Zamindar along with his unshaved revolutionary comrades. But he is encountered by the cops and shot down, and the period was [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]]. | ||
Manimekhala suddenly wields a camera and becomes a docu film maker and goes to the particular village again. There she meets the real Dalit woman | Manimekhala suddenly wields a camera and becomes a docu film maker and goes to the particular village again. There she meets the real Dalit woman, who was tonsured during the Zamindar's period, and interviews her. And she repeats the dialogues prompted by Manimekhala with a theatrical accent and a huge white wig. The Zamindar's grandson is also interviewed. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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[[Category:Films directed by T. V. Chandran]] | [[Category:Films directed by T. V. Chandran]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2006 films]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil-language films]] | [[Category:Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:Films about reincarnation]] | [[Category:Films about reincarnation]] | ||
[[Category:Best Tamil Feature Film National Film Award winners]] | [[Category:Best Tamil Feature Film National Film Award winners]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:28, 6 July 2021
| Aadum Koothu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | T. V. Chandran |
| Produced by | N. Krishnakumar (Kireedam Unni) |
| Starring | Navya Nair Cheran Prakash Raj Pandiarajan Aari Seeman Manorama |
| Music by | Isaac Thomas Kottukapally |
| Cinematography | Madhu Ambat |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Aadum Koothu is a 2006 Tamil film directed by T. V. Chandran and starring Navya Nair, Cheran, Prakash Raj, Aari, Seeman, and Manorama. The film premiered at the 37th International Film Festival of India in 2006 and had a limited release across theatres in 2008.[1][2][3] Later, Zee Tamizh telecasted this film. The film received critical praise and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.[4]
Plot[edit | edit source]
The film unfolds from the life of college student Manimekhala, a village girl who can see what others don't. A serious reader of modern literature from a southern district of Tamil Nadu, Manimekhala sees visions that no one believes. Later, incidents prove that what she says become true. She creates scenes whenever she has these illusions. The illusions are like a movie projected on an imaginary screen from her bangle presented by her fiancé Muthu. The bangle is actually made from molten celluloid. This projected movie roughly reveals the story of a couple of street performers in love and tortured by a lustful Zamindar, who tonsures the girl's head.
Even on the marriage stage, her bangle projects such a show specially for her, and she creates a scene ending in the cancellation of the marriage ceremony. Later, Muthu accompanies her to investigate what really happens. It leads to an old retired schoolmaster, who narrates the story of the dropped movie. In the later 1970s, this movie was actually made by an enthusiastic young director Gnanasekaran, and dropped midway due to a mishap. This retired man was enacting the role of the Zamindar in the film, and the plot was based on a real incident. The heroine is at first reluctant, when the director/hero tells her that her head will be really shaved and no special effects business. After persuasion, she agrees for the sake of reality. Meanwhile, the real Zamindar's son comes to the shooting spot and objects, stating that the real incident maligning his dad should not be canned. The master pacifies him saying that it is only an imaginary plot.
But the Zamindar's son returns with his bunch of hooligans and creates havoc in the shooting spot. The tonsured heroine is mentally disturbed and hangs herself, and the shooting comes to a halt. The director disappears, only to return as a Naxalite to annihilate the wicked Zamindar along with his unshaved revolutionary comrades. But he is encountered by the cops and shot down, and the period was the Emergency.
Manimekhala suddenly wields a camera and becomes a docu film maker and goes to the particular village again. There she meets the real Dalit woman, who was tonsured during the Zamindar's period, and interviews her. And she repeats the dialogues prompted by Manimekhala with a theatrical accent and a huge white wig. The Zamindar's grandson is also interviewed.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Navya Nair as Manimekhala
- Cheran as Gnanasekaran
- Prakash Raj as Zamindar
- Aari as Muthu
- Pandiarajan
- Seeman as Zamindar's son and grandson
- Manorama as the Dalit woman
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Dr. John Santhosham Velamuthu
- Rekha as Manimekhala's mother
- Sukumari as Aachi
- Meenal
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/29kas.htm
- ↑ https://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/27/aadum-koothu-director-watches-his-work-ist-time-at-iffi-1164636330.html
- ↑ http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2008.asp
- ↑ "Winners of national awards do Tamil film industry and Chennai proud"