Peranbu (2017)

Original title

பேரன்பு

Directed by

Ram

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

U

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father is abandoned by his wife and left to raise their daughter who has cerebral palsy. He struggles with his own despair while facing society's rejection as he tries to care for her.

emotionally heavypoignantslow-pacedintimatetenderheartbreakingresilientvisceral

What happens

Peranbu (transl. Compassion; released internationally as Resurrection), is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Ram and produced by P. L. Thenappan under Shree Rajalakshmi Films. It stars Mammootty, Anjali, Sadhana and Anjali Ameer. The film's score and soundtrack album is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography and editing handled by Theni Eswar and Surya Pradhaman respectively. It follows the story of a confused father, who is dejected after his wife abandons him and their child, who has cerebral palsy, struggles to take care of his daughter while society constantly rejects him. Director Ram worked on the script for almost six years, and narrated to Mammooty in February 2015, although production being further delayed, after the team decided to finalise the cast and crew. The principal photography of the film commenced in January 2016, with filming took place on Kodaikanal and Chennai, completed within a year. The film was internationally premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on 27 January 2018, Shanghai International Film Festival, China on 17 June 2018, the Indian Panorama category of 49th International Film Festival of India, before being scheduled for a theatrical release on 1 February 2019. The film received critical acclaim with Mammootty's performance and other cast members, the direction, screenplay and narration being praised by critics. The film won the Best Film award at the Zee Cine Awards Tamil, while it received ten nominations at the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, receiving two wins with one for Best Film and the other one for Best Music Director for Yuvan Shankar Raja. The movie was listed at the Top rated Indian movies of 2019, by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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