Amma Marathanalil

2021 Indian film
  • December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25)
Running time
122 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Amma Marathanalil is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language film, produced by Jibin George James and Justin Chacko Koyikkara, helmed by debutant Jibin George James himself, with Anoop Krishnan playing the lead role.[1][2][3][4][5] As per the director, the film is an attempt to draw attention, "to a nostalgic journey into that simple, beautiful, green world of a Malayali, which is being lost with each and every passing moment".[2]

Plot

Amma Marathanalil says the importance of environment and nature for the peaceful life of human beings and tries to bring back the true-blue Malayali roots.[2][3]

Cast

  • Anoop Krishnan
  • Sreekanth Sreekumar
  • Justin Chacko Koyikkara
  • Ameer Ali
  • Jithu Menon Karattu
  • Sunil Vikram
  • Karthik Poonthanam
  • Fayees Nowshad
  • Devasurya
  • Shalini Dinesh
  • Sini Prasad
  • Jaseena Jaseem
  • Fathima Nowshad

Production

Actor Anoop Krishnan, who plays Prakashan put on weight to play a matured communist party follower, who has a deep sense of attachment to the sacred grove and the crowded trees in his Tharavad, where he always feels his mother's presence. A crowdfunded project, the film was completed in 22 days for a mere budget of 3,00,000 rupees at the locations of Pattambi.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ "ജ്വല്ലറി സെയിൽസ്മാൻ മുതൽ ക്ലിനിക്കിലെ ജോലി വരെ, ചാൻസിനായി അലഞ്ഞത് 10 വർഷം" (in Malayalam). Vanitha. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Pradeep, K. "A lost world captured". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Red lining to green cause". Deccan Chronicle. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ "മനുഷ്യന്‍ നിലനില്‍ക്കണമെങ്കില്‍ കൊടിയുടെ നിറം നോക്കരുത്" (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "അമ്മമരത്തണലിൽ" (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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