Oraalppokkam is a Malayalam film written and directed by Sanalkumar Sasidharan.Join Kazhcha
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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

movie which has been produced through online

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program. This is an initiative of

Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi or Kazhcha Film Forum is a film collective in Kerala, India. It started in the year 2001 at Neyyattinkara thaluk in Thiruvananthapuram district as a collective effort of film lovers. It has produced three short films. I ...

, a film society movement based in

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. Kazhcha has a history of producing short movies with the financial contribution from film lovers. Oraalppokkam is the fourth venture of Kazhcha. It is claimed that Oraalppokkam will be

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after 5 years from the date of release.

Synopsis

The storyline of the movie revolves round an honest man-woman relationship in the backdrop of a natural calamity. Mahendran and Maya are in a relationship. They have their own independent lives even while they are living as a couple. Slowly the relationship ends up in a usual pattern and Mahendran the protagonist decides to separate. Maya leaves him and disappears without revealing her whereabouts. But the separation which is more or less forced and unnatural causes imbalance in the life of Mahendran. His curiosity to know the whereabouts of Maya mounts slowly and he starts a journey in search of her. At the end of the journey he reaches the flood affected Himalayan mountain valley

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. The story develops through the people he meets on the way and his dreams.

Cast

Prakash Bare Prakash Bare is an Indian theater and film actor focusing on Malayalam, English and other south Indian language productions. Starting with the 2010 Malayalam film Sufi Paranja Katha, Prakash has acted in more than 30 films directed by some of ...

Meena Kandasamy Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Meena published two collections of poetry, ''Touch'' (2006) and ''Ms. Militancy'' (2010). From 2001-2002, she edi ...

* Sonia Kohli * Bikramjit Gupta * Chala Chari * Tarique Hameed * Venkitesh Ramakrishnan * Swami Samvidanand

Production

Oraalppokkam is scripted and directed by Sanalkumar Sasidharan. This will be the debut feature film of Sanal, an independent film maker from

. The cast including actor-producer

, writer

, Bengali director Bikramjit Gupta, senior journalist Venkatesh Ramakrishnan and theatre and film artiste Krishnan Balakrishnan. Indrajith S handles the cinematography and Appu N. Bhattathiri is the editor. Murugan is handling the production design. T Krishnanunni is the sound designer while

Sandeep Kurissery Sandeep Kurissery (sometimes credited Sandeep Madhavam) (born 29 March 1982) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and location sound recordist. He, along with Jiji P Joseph won the first ever award for location sound recording for t ...

and

Jiji P Joseph Jiji P Joseph, also known as Jijimon Joseph (born 5 March 1981) is a location sound recordist, sound designer and film editor in Indian film industry. He won the first ever Kerala State Film Award 2014 for location sound recording for the fi ...

are the location sound recordists. Basil Joseph is the music director and Derrick Sebastian is the executive producer of this project.

Awards

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2014 Kerala State Film Awards The awards were presented by Chief minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy on 26 December 2015, with the presence of the chief guest Mohanlal. Jury The 10-member jury, headed by John Paul, was composed of people representing different areas of cinem ...

"State Awards: Nazriya, Nivin, Sudev bag top honours"
. ''Malayala Manorama''. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015. *

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (born 8 April 1977) is an Indian poet, lawyer, and filmmaker. Personal life Sanal Kumar Sasidharan was born in Perumkadavila village, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala on 8 April 1977. He graduated in Zoology from VT ...

* Best Location Sound Recording - Sandeep Kurissery and Jiji P Joseph Other Awards * NETPAC award for the best Malayalam film in the 19th IFFK * FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam film in the 19th IFFK * Special Jury Award for the best director in John Abraham Award 2014 * Special Jury Mention for the best debut director in the Aravindan Puraskaram 2014

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=3737442
Review in Hollywood reporter
2010s Malayalam-language films Indian independent films Films directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan