Malayalam cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language, which is widely spoken in the state of Kerala and Lakshadweep islands of india. It is the fourth biggest film industry in India, following Bollywood, Tollywood, and Kollywood. Malayalam cinema includes the commercial film industry, sometimes known as Mollywood, as well as independent cinema made in Malayalam.
World cinema is a term in film theory in the United States that refers to films made outside of the American motion picture industry, particularly those in opposition to the aesthetics and values of commercial American cinema. The Third Cinema of Latin America and various national cinemas are commonly identified as part of world cinema. The term has been criticized for Americentrism and for ignoring the diversity of different cinematic traditions around the world.
The Nokia N70 is a 3G mobile phone from Nokia. It was announced as part of the Nokia's new line of multimedia smartphones, the Nseries, on 27 April 2005. It started shipping in September 2005. It runs on the S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 on Symbian v8.1 operating system. It was succeeded by the Nokia N73. The N70 was popular and sold well.
Blessy Ipe Thomas, best known mononymously as Blessy, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He has won one National Film Awards and six Kerala State Film Awards for his feature films Kaazhcha (2004), Thanmathra (2005), and Pranayam (2011). His documentary film 100 Years of Chrysostom (2018) received the Guinness World Record for the longest documentary in the world, with a runtime of 48 hours and 10 minutes. His most recent release was his dream project, Aadujeevitham (2024).
Documentary practice is the process of creating documentary projects. It refers to what people do with media devices, content, form, and production strategies in order to address the creative, ethical, and conceptual problems and choices that arise as they make documentary films or other similar presentations based on fact or reality. Colleges and universities offer courses and programs in documentary practice.
Amruthavarshini is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written, photographed and directed by Dinesh Baboo. It stars Suhasini, Ramesh Aravind and Sarath Babu. Nivedita Jain appears in a cameo role. It features Ramesh Arvind playing a negative role for which he was widely praised. The film revolves around the three central characters of a husband (Sharath), wife (Suhasini) and a friend (Ramesh) who intrudes into the couple's life and turns their life into tragic events.
A Cell Phone Movie is a 2011 Bosnian documentary film directed by Nedžad Begović. The film was shot entirely on a Camera phone, LG Viewty. The film won the Best Documentary Award at the 2011 Sarajevo Film Festival and the Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at 2012 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in New York.
Mahesh is an Indian actor in Malayalam films and television serials. He came into the movie industry as a hero and later started doing negative roles and supporting roles.
Sunil Sukhada is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in a small role in the film Best Actor. His first full length role was as the supermarket manager in Chappa Kurishu (2011). He won a special mention in the Kerala state television awards 2017 for Appoppanthaadi.
Sathish Kalathil is an Indian film and documentary director and producer in Malayalam. His experimental works are well known and appropriately discussed in Malayalam Cinema industry and his debut movie Jalachhayam (2010) was well discussed according to its experimental approach. His first film was Veenavaadanam (2008), an experimental documentary about art (painting). In 2012, he directed Laloorinu Parayanullathu, a socially committed documentary film about municipal solid waste and Jnana Saradhi in 2012, a historical documentary film about the first communal school of Kerala, Namboodiri Vidyalayam. He is also a story writer, poet and lyricist in Malayalam.
Jalachhayam is the first Indian cinema, the second world cinema was shot entirely on a camera phone in Malayalam-language produced and directed by Sathish Kalathil under the banner of 'The People's Films'. The film was released on 35mm screen at Sree theatre in Thrissur in 2010 June 06. it's online release held on 2nd October 2024 through Wikimedia and the incident, the releasing method is considered as the first time in film releasing history in world. Nokia N95 Music edition mobile phone was entirely used without assistance of traditional or outside camera lenses to film.
Thariode is a 2021 Malayalam-language documentary film directed by Nirmal Baby Varghese about the history of gold mining in Thariyode and its impact on the environment. The film also focuses other gold mining areas of Malabar on 19th century. The film includes interviews with figures such as historians K. K. N. Kurup, Mundakkayam Gopi, O K Johnny, and other native persons. The film produced by Baby Chaithanya and narrated by Aliyar.
Evidey (transl. Where) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language mystery film directed by K. K. Rajeev and produced by Holiday Movies, a joint venture among Jubilee Productions, Maruthi Pictures, and Prakash Movie Tone. The film stars Shebin Benson, Anaswara Rajan, Asha Sharath and Manoj K. Jayan, with story by Bobby-Sanjay, screen play and dialogues by Krishan C, and music by Ouseppachan.
Vazhiye is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language found footage horror film written and directed by Nirmal Baby Varghese after Thariode. This movie is an experimental movie made in found footage style and it is the first found footage movie in Malayalam. Produced by Baby Chaithanya under the banner of Casablanca Film Factory. The film marked the debut of Hollywood music director Evan Evans in Indian cinema.
Nirmal Baby Varghese is an Indian film director in Malayalam. He is known for his historical documentary film Thariode. His feature directorial debut Vazhiye, was an experimental movie made in found footage style and it is the first found footage movie in Malayalam. He is also script writer, film editor, and public relations officer. He is the younger brother of film producer Baby Chaithanya. He runs his own independent film production company called Casablanca Film Factory.
New Love Meetings is an Italian documentary film made on a Nokia N90, the first feature film shot entirely with a Camera phone. The film was inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's documentary Love Meetings and is a modern version of that film.
Vayasethrayaayi? Muppathiee..!! is a 2024 Malayalam comedy drama film directed by Pappan Narippatta, written by U.C.Shiju and Faizal Abdulla for Ajayan E, the producer. It stars Prasant Murali as the lead character, with supporting actors Manju Pathrose, Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai, Savithri Sreedharan, V. Suresh Thampanoor and Nirmal Palazhi.
Virunnu (transl. Feast) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam and written by Dinesh Pallath. The film stars Arjun Sarja and Nikki Galrani in lead roles, with Mukesh, Sona Nair, Aju Varghese, Baiju Santhosh, Hareesh Peradi, Dharmajan Bolgatty, and Gireesh Neyyar portraying supporting roles.
