Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, May 24: Sahamatha Film Society will organize screening of the award winning Malayalam film by Adoor Gopalkrishnan 'Elipattayam' on Sunday May 27 at 6 pm at Sahodaya Hall Balmatta, here.
Elippathayam
Adoor's first film in colour, Elippathayam (The rat trap) is an allegory about the collapse of the feudal system in Kerala.
Unni is the head of a feudal Nair family, unable to cope with the changing social conditions leading to the decline of the feudal system in Kerala. While his elder sister Janamma fights for her own family share from the feudal spoils, his younger sister Rajamma obediently serves him like a slave, and finally collapses under the strain. Sridevi, the rebellious youngest sister walks away from the family rejecting the old system. Confronted with adverse conditions, Unni withdraws like a rat into a dark hole.
Elepathayam won the British Film Institute award. It also won the State award for best film in 1981.
Direction & Screenplay: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Cast: Karamana Janardhanan Nair, Sharada, Jalaja, Rajam K Nair, Soman
Cinematography: Mankada Ravi Varma
Editing: M Mani
Music: M B Srinivasan
The film has won the following awards since its release:
1982 British Film Institute (UK)
Won - most original and imaginative film shown at the national film theatre
1982 London Film Festival (UK)
Won - Sutherland Trophy - Elippathayam - Adoor Gopalakrishnan
1982 National Film Awards (India)
Won - Silver Lotus Award - best audiography
Won - Silver Lotus Award - best regional film (Malayalam)
All are heartily welcomed to the screening (entry free).