Pokkuveyil (1981)
- Original title
- പോക്കുവെയിൽ
- Directed by
- G. Aravindan
- Genre
- drama, music
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 5 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 film where music comes first. The director composed audio for flute and sarod then built the visuals around it without a script. It follows no conventional story just images shaped by the score.
dreamlikemeditativeabstractatmosphericmusicalslow-burncontemplativevisually lush
What happens
Pokkuveyil (transl. Twilight) is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by G. Aravindan and produced by General Pictures' Raveendranathan Nair. The film stars Balachandran Chullikkad, Kalpana, and S. Satish Kumar. Aravindan recorded its audio first as a composition for the flute by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the sarod by Rajeev Taranath. The visuals were 'composed' according to musical notations without any script. Pokkuveyil won Aravindan the State Film Award for best director. The film stars Balachandran Chullikad, Kalpana, S. Satish Kumar, Kalabhavan Ansar, and Chavara V. P. Nair. The score was composed by Rajeev Taranath and Hariprasad Chaurasia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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