Veena Vaadanam
Veena Vaadanam (Recital of Music) is an Indian documentary film in Malayalam language, directed by Sathish Kalathil. The film shot in digital format and it produced by Kalathil Creative Heads under the banner of Akhil Krishna Films, released in 2008, of 28.23 minutes' duration. The documentary is the first experimental work which shot through a mobile phone camera in India. Nokia N70 music EDition mobile phone with 2 megapixel video resolution was fully used to capture the film. In the period of Veena Vaadanam, it was the only eligible and costly camera phone to capture videos with a best visual quality. After post production works, the output can telecast with a comfortable visual clarity in Television or screen with a projector .
The film PREview held on 20 July 2008 at Hotel Elite International, Thrissur and the CD of the film released by Ambily and received by T.K. Vasudevan. noted film directors in Malayalam. On 25 September 2008, Veena Vaadanam was certified by Indian Central Board of Film Certification and issued Censor certificate.
Plot
The film narrates AbOUT the origin- growth-and the evolution of world-famous paintings through a conversation with a budding artist (painter), Sujith Aalungal, and introduce a masterpiece painting of him named "Veena Vaadanam". The documentary mainly discusses about world-famous painters, Leonardo da Vinci (Born 1452 Death 1519), Raphael (1483–1520), Michelangelo (1475–1564), Rembrandt (1606–1669), Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), Paul Cezanne (1839–1906), Edgar Degas (1834–1917), Claude Monet (1840–1926), Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Salvador Dali (1904–1989) and their contributions in painting (art). The documentary also narrates about Indian Mural Paintings, especially from Ajanta- Ellora Caves and about the most famous indian painters, Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Amrita Sher Gil (1913–1941), Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), Nandalal Bose (1882–1966), Jamini Roy (1887–1972), M.F. Husain (1913–2011), noted Malayalam Painters K. C. S. Paniker (1911–1977), C. N. Karunakaran (1940–2013), M. V. Devan (1928–2014), Namboothiri and their masterpiece works.
Crew
- Production: Kalathil Creative Heads
- Story, Screenplay and Direction : Sathish Kalathil
- Narration and Singing: Dr. B. Jayakrishnan
- Cinematography: Sunil A.D
- Music: Babuji (Baburaj Puthur)
- Lyrics: Surya (Sathish Kalathil)
- Editing: Vahid Kochukadavu, Sathish Kalathil
- Banner: Akhil Krishna Films
Soundtrack
In the documentary, Sathish Kalathil penned the lyrics of the Song Varakal Vaachala Kadhakal, Kaalam Chollum Charithra Kadhakal (Strokes are self explaining stories). Dr.B. Jayakrishnan rendered voice and composed by Baburaj Puthur.
No. |
Song |
Composer |
Singer |
Lyrics |
Length (m:ss) |
1 |
Varakal Vaachaala Kadhakal |
Baburaj Puthur |
Dr. B. Jayakrishnan |
Sathish Kalathil |
2.15 |