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January 10, 2001
5 QUESTIONS
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In 1965, Malayalam cinema won its first gold medal -- for best film at the national level. The film was Ramu Kariat's Chemmeen.
Thirty-five years later, in 2000, Malayalam cinema won yet another gold medal -- for Shaji N Karun's much appreciated film, Vaanaprastham.
Malayalam cinema has witnessed 14 National Awards and experienced a sustained growth over the years.
However, today, celebrated talking to celebrated filmmakers of yesterday and today, the picture that one got was that of a gloomy and depressing one. All of them, from the hero of Chemmeen, Madhu to the comparatively young filmmaker Priyadarshan, from Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Shaji N Karun to the Chairman, Kerala State Films Development Corporation agree on one point; the standard of Malayalam films have deteriorated.
This effort is a critical analysis of Malayalam cinema over the years.
All of them seem to be agreed on the following:
* Malayalam films do not have good stories these days.
* The best period in Malayalam cinema was when great literary works were made into films.
* Technical excellence is not a yardstick for good cinema.
* You cannot compare any film with Chemmeen as it was a classic.
So the question that now remains is: Just because a handful of films won awards at the national level, how valid is it to assume that Malayalam cinema is growing?
Read on!
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