Pulijanmam (2006)

Original title

പുലിജന്മം

Directed by

Priyanandanan

Genre

fantasy, drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 27m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man's life is disrupted when a tiger enters his village. The film uses this incident to explore deeper issues in society.

metaphoricallayeredcontemplativeallegoricalsocially-awaredramaticthought-provokingserious

What happens

Pulijanmam (Malayalam: പുലിജന്മം, lit. Tiger) is a Malayalam feature film directed by Priyanandanan based on a 1987 play of the same name by N Prabhakaran. It stars Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil and Sindhu Menon. It was released on 26 May 2006 and won the Swarna Kamal Award for the Best Feature Film in the 54th National Film Awards, 2006. The film was produced by M G Vijay and it was the second directorial venture by Priyanandanan, the first one being Neythukaran released in 2001. The citation for Pulijanmam said it was 'a layered film that uses metaphors to address global and local issues of contemporary society'. The film also won the John Abraham Award for Best Malayalam Film in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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