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

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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