Manimuzhakkam (1976)
- Original title
- Mani Muzhakkam
- Directed by
- P. A. Backer
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man from a lower caste struggles with societal oppression and personal hardship in rural Kerala. The story follows his difficult path as he confronts the rigid hierarchies around him.
slow-burnbleakmelancholicgrittyreflectivegroundedunembellishedvisually stark
What happens
Manimuzhakkam (lit. 'The Tolling of Bells') is a 1976 Malayalam-language film directed by P. A. Backer and starring Harikeshan Thampi, Veeran, Johnson, Sankaradi, Saritha, Urmila, Vani, cyril P Jacob, Charulatha, Santhakumari, Sreenivasan and Meena Ganesh. This is the debut film of Sreenivasan. The film was scripted by Backer based on the novel Murippaadukal by Sarah Thomas. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The film also won the Kerala state awards for best film, best screenplay (P.A. Backer), and best black & white cinematography (Vipin Das). The film was shot in black-and-white even though colour films were common during those times (colour cinema became popular in Malayalam cinema only from 1978 to 1980 and good-quality colour films started being shot frequently only from 1983 to 1985). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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