Jalachhayam
Jalachhayam is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language Experimental film, produced and directed by Sathish Kalathil under the banner of The People's Films. The story was written by Sujith Aalungal and describes the warm relationship between a village man and an artist (painter) from the city. The film was shot entirely on a mobile phone camera which turn out to be a touchstone in the world film history, Nokia N95 Music EDition (8gb internal memory with 5 megapixel resolution) mobile phone was entirely used without assistance of traditional or outside camera lenses to film.[https://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F_UsHB68Km1w0%2FTNUBnm4ttJI%2FAAAAAAAAAf0%2FSE7ixeBjtdc%2Fs1600%2F4.Shootting%2Bshot%2Bof%2BJalachhayam.1.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjalachhayamdigitalfilm.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Factor-master-navin-krishna-in.html&docid=iytcM3RoRXvnCM&tbnid=D02bbUKSs09k_M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjrwt7cqI7XAhXDqo8KHUhWBoYQMwhoKCAwIA..i&w=1600&h=1074&bih=921&biw=1920&q=Sathish%20Kalathil%20directes%20kripa&ved=0ahUKEwjrwt7cqI7XAhXDqo8KHUhWBoYQMwhoKCAwIA&iact=mrc&uact=8]12
Plot
Mohan, an art teacher in a city college meets Sadanandan, an ordinary villager, and learning of his aptitude for drawing, teaches him the nuances of modern methods of painting. Mohan buys the paintings of Sadanandan, which, more ProFicient than that of an amateur, were nevertheless beyond the expectations of Mohan. But, Sadanandan was totally unaware of the philistine attitude of Mohan who uses him for his own benefit. Jalachhayam describes how Sadanandan survives the moment he knows, Mohan, a godfather-like figure to Sadanandan, was cheating him.
Cast
- Baburaj Puthoor: as Sadanandan
- Dr. B. Jayakrishnan: as Mohan
- Prasanna Balan: Geetha, as wife of Mohan
- Prof.K.B. Unnithan: as Panicker
- Baby Nimisha: Nimisha, as daughter of Mohan
- Baby Lakshmi: Chinju, as daughter of Sadanandan
- Master Navin Krishna: Kannan, as son of Sadanandan And, Malayalam-Tamil Film actress Kripa, Malayalam cine lyricist and poet Mullanezhi, Malayalam Cine-Serial Actress Remadevi gave a guest appearance in this film and other leading performers are theater actor Chitramohan, N. P. K. Krishnan, Das Anjery, Rukia Kechery.
Crew
- Production-Direction: Sathish Kalathil
- Story-Screenplay-Dialogues: Sujith Aalungal
- Cinematography: Pramod Vadakara
- Editing: Rajesh Manganam
- Music: Unnikumar
- Lyrics: Sidharthan Puranattukkara
- Singing: Baburaj Puthur
- Costumes: Ajeesh M. Vijayan
- Art: Surya (Sathish Kalathil)
- Production Controller: Saju Pulikkottil
- Associate in Direction: Bhasi Pangil
- Associate in Editing: J. Gautham
- Associate in Art: Das Anjery
Production
The acclaimed film director P. Ramdas (Director of Newspaper Boy) had been Switched-on the film at Namboodiri Vidyalayam School, Thrissur on 22 November 2008 and shooting completed on 6 December 2009 with post-production completed in 2010.
The first feature film shot entirely on a smart phone had its theatrical premiere in Thrissur, Kerala, India on 6 June 2010 at Sree theatre and Mrs. Sindhu Lohithadas, wife of the late A. K. Lohithadas Malayalam film director, inaugurated and Prof. R. Bindu, the hon’ble mayor of Thrissur Municipal Corporation presided over the Jalachhayam review ceremony at Hotel Elite International, Thrissur. K. P. Rajendran, the hon’ble Revenue Minister of Kerala, T. K. Vasudevan, Malayalam film director, T. V. Chandramohan Ex-MLA, Prof.K.B. Unnithan, social activist, B. Asok Kumar, Asst. Engineer, All India Radio, Joy M. Mannur, President, Thrissur Press Club, V. R. Rajamohan bureau chief of Madhyamam Daily, N. P. K. Krishnan, Chairman, West Hills, and over 500 film lovers attended.
A two-minute forty-six second long trailer and a song from the film were released on 1 September 2010 on YouTube. Unfortunately, the film has still not come before the Indian censor board because of its less commercial and theatre value and with its lower pixel quality for a wide theatrical release through UFO or Qube.
Soundtrack
The song was composed by Unnikumar, sung by Baburaj Puthur and written by Sidharthan Puranattukara.
No. |
Song |
Lyrics |
Music |
Singer |
Length (m:ss) |
1 |
Agaathamam Aazhi Vithumbi |
Sidharthan Puranattukara |
Unnikumar |
Baburaj Puthur |
5.35 |