Akasathinte Niram

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Akasathinte Niram
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Directed byDr. Biju
Written byDr. Biju
Produced byK. Anil Kumar
Starring Indrajith
Nedumudi Venu
Amala Paul
Prithviraj
Anoop Chandran
Master Govardhan
Cinematography M. J. Radhakrishnan
Edited by Manoj
Music by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Distributed by Kalasangham Films
Release date
  • June 2012 (2012-06)(Shanghai International Film Festival)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Akasathinte Niram (English: The Colour of Sky) is a 2012 Malayalam film written and directed by Dr. Biju. [1] The film was shot entirely on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a cast that includes Indrajith, Nedumudi Venu, Amala Paul and Prithviraj. [2] The film revolves around a burglar who is trapped on a scarcely populated island and his getting to understand how nature blends with life. It premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2012. It was subsequently screened at various film festivals where it received several honours.

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Synopsis

A 60-year-old man lives on a pristine, isolated island. He visits the nearby harbour in a motor boat once a month to sell handicrafts. A young burglar keeps tabs on him and one day jumps onto the motor boat and demands money. The old man remains calm and takes the motor boat towards his island where the young man remains trapped. He meets the people who live with the old man, a 7-year-old boy, a 20-year-old deaf and mute lady and a middle-aged man with a stammer. The intruder confronts rare life situations for the first time. His concept about life changes as he understands how nature blends with life.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by K. Anil Kumar under the banner of Ambalakkara Global Films. Isaac Thomas Kottukappally composed the background score while the songs are composed by Ravindra Jain and sung by K. J. Yesudas and others. M. J. Radhakrishnan, who had cranked camera for Dr. Biju's earlier films, Location sync sound and sound design is by Jayadevan Chakkadath while Pramod Thomas handles the sound mixing. Bindu Sajan was assistant director. The film's production design was by Santosh Raman. [3]

The film was entirely shot on a tiny island Neil, located 40 kilometers to the south of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. A wooden shore house was set for the film. [3]

Release

The world premiere of the film was at the Shanghai International Film Festival on 19 June 2012. The film was an official selection in the International Competition section for the prestigious Golden Goblet award. This was the first Malayalam film compete for the Golden Goblet award at Shanghai. [4] The film released in theatres in India on 20 July 2012. [3] It was also released in the US in the first week of November. [5]

Festival screenings

The film was an official selection for the following film festivals:

Reception

Critical response

Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com wrote a positive review and gave a 3/5 rating. The reviewer said, "This somewhat meditative treatment runs the risk of distancing the viewer. One can see the influence of the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa's Dreams and South Korean director Kim Ki Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring here. One can also see that leaving the characters nameless is becoming Dr Biju's stamp: every character was nameless in his previous film Veettilekkulla Vazhi. In the end, we can say that this visually grand film is meditative in nature and silently attractive." [8]

C. Sujit Chandra Kumar of Deccan Chronicle gave the film four stars in a scale of five. [9]

Metromatinee.com also published a positive write-up which reads: "If you miss this, you will miss a good color of Malayalam film." [10]

However, Aswin Kumar of The Times of India wrote an average review and gave a 2/5 rating and said, "The sequences, in spite of their moving visuals, seldom linger in the viewer's mind. They don't leave anything behind." [11]

Awards

The film has received the following honours:

New York Indian Film Festival
Imagine India Film Festival
Kerala State Film Awards

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