#Mathilukal

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan - Walls (1990)

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What did Basheer do to me?

This isn’t a mere question. And for my dearest nosy parkers’ clarification, I am talking about Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, the most famous writer from Kerala. I, to improve my mother tongue much better and to know about the Malayalam literature, got a bunch of books by Kamala Das and Basheer. I had already read Premalekhanam (Love Letter) by Basheer, yet it wasn’t, I mean, my age wasn’t actually reading. Then I took Mathilukal (Walls) by the same person. God, the portrayal of love is out of my mind. How could someone love somebody so much though you haven’t met and only heard your voices? Yes, one could. Madly, wholly, and completely, stay in love if it’s the right person you got by side. (Here I miss mine.) Basher’s Mathilukal is basically about a love story that revolves around the central jail during the period of war and things. Yes, that’s creepy. Prison is separated by a wall; either of the sides goes for men and women, respectively. And Narayani and Basheer had their unfinished love story between those walls. When he metaphorizes her with the rose petals, the promises they pass on, and the way they plan to meet, everything has its own beauty. That’s not where I fell in love with this writer more.

My second choice was Anuragathin Dhinangal (Days of Love) by Basheer himself. A diary of a lover. Someone who never knew how love feels. And when he finds it, he doesn’t know how to move on, but he tried his best to keep up in the present. I cried, knowing how relatable I am with Saraswathy Devi. She was in a confused state. She loved. She loved that person. She was ready to stop scarifying herself for her family. She had her own dreams. She lived for that. She cared. She was afraid of breaking hearts, as she knew how it would feel to do so. She knew the pain. She knew how tears would rip. But then Basheer gave her hope. To move on for the best. “A Sad Sweet Poem” she was for him. All that mattered about was for her, Devi, to have a life that is not ripped. And he did all his best.  The letters they passed on through books and through the narrow paths, Basheer and Devi lived their moments, throughly. Yes, he was right that, letters as emotions thast being penned with repect to our moods.

And that’s when I knew it stays if it’s for me, and it is hard to love someone again once you have given all yours to that one person. I am yet to read more of his. Still, this one book stays as my favourite always. Basheer made me believe in love that you choose for yourself. Wholly.

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Mathilukal by Jennyarya2007

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Mathikulal (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 1990)

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Mathilukal (The Walls, 1990)

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Revisited മതിലുകൾ ❤️ . . . . . . . . #movie #movienight #mathilukal #narayani #basheer #favorite #favoritebooks #bookshelf #malayalamcinema #mallugram #malayalammovie #love (at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM5cGCEMHgS/?igshid=tj864byff2wk

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ബഷീർ: നേതാക്കന്മാരേ.. നിങ്ങൾ ഗവണ്മെന്റ് ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന കാലത്ത് എനിക്കെന്ത് സഹായം ചെയ്യും..? നേതാവ് 1: ഒരു പോലീസ് കോൺസ്റ്റബിൾ ആക്കാം.. ബഷീർ: വേണ്ട.. നേതാവ് 2: കമ്മീഷണർ..?? ബഷീർ: വേണ്ടാ... നേതാവ് 3: സ്വതന്ത്ര സേനയുടെ കമാൻഡർ ഇൻ ചീഫ്..??? ബഷീർ: അതും വേണ്ട!!! എന്നെ ഒരു ഇസ്‌പേഡ്‌ രാജാവ് ആക്കിയാൽ മതി.. ♠️ നേതാവ് 4: സാധ്യമല്ല!!!നമ്മുടെ പ്രോഗ്രാമിൽ രാജാക്കന്മാരില്ല.. ബഷീർ: ��ന്നാലും ഒരു ചരിത്രവസ്തു എന്ന നിലക്ക്, എന്നെയൊരു രാജാവാക്കണം..എനിക്ക് പ്രജകളൊന്നും വേണ്ട.. അപ്പോഴും ഞാൻ എഴുത്ത് തുടരാം...✒️🖤 #mallugram #vaikommuhammadbasheer #mathilukal #historicreels 🎥🎬✨️ (at Thrissur) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-_mqNaBMou_jvE1YSIIg4yKNuLmVEh9PDt8QU0/?igshid=f5xt1wolsl0h

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50 years of Mammootty: Why the superstar shows no signs of slowing down

The popular Malayalam actor’s career reflects the importance of being earnest, as he continues to work hard and evolve, even after 50 years in the industry

Fifty years of shining bright on the silver screen has not dimmed the lustre of Mammootty, aka Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail. On August 6, 1971, Mammootty, then a lanky student of Maharaja’s College in Kochi, made his debut as an actor in a blink-and-miss appearance in film director KG Sethumadhavan’s Anubhavangal Paalichakal. Mammootty reappeared on the screen in 1980 in a small role in Vilkkanundu Swapnangal (Dreams for Sale), written by MT Vasudevan Nair and directed by Azad. Also Read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. You can subscribe for free here It was the late IV Sasi’s movies, many written by T Damodaran and MT Vasudevan Nair, that catapulted Mammootty into a superstar. Seema, Sasi’s wife, who acted with Mammootty in several blockbusters, recalls meeting him on the set of Sphodanam in 1981. “I liked his confidence and wondered who he was. I was told he was a newcomer called Mammootty. I went across and met him and told him that I liked the way he carried himself,” she says.

MT Vasudevan Nair and Mammootty   | Photo Credit: Ragesh K She recalls complimenting her husband for casting him in Trishna (1981). Seema and Mammootty worked in classics such as Anubandham, Aaalkoottathil Thaniye, Adiyozhukkukal, Aksharangal etc. all scripted by Jnanapith winner MT Vasudevan Nair. “Recently, I saw One, his latest release. I called up Sulu, Mammootty’s wife, and told her how much I enjoyed the film. Sulu continues to be a good friend and we keep in touch,” says Seema. One of Mammotty’s early characters to get noticed was that of police officer named Jacob Eraly in KG George’s masterpiece Yavanika. Jalaja, who played the lead in the film, talks about a serious actor who used to drive down from Kochi every day to the sets of Yavanika in Thiruvananthapuram as he was shooting simultaneously for two films. “Most of Mammootty’s scenes were in the night where he was shown questioning the suspects. His dedication towards his work was evident. Even then he was getting a number of roles.” In the meantime, Mammootty and director Joshiy struck a golden partnership that produced many of his mega hits, beginning with Aarathri (1983) and films that covered different genres such as New Delhi, Nirakootu, Shyama, Nair Saab, No.20 Madras Mail and Kuttettan.

When the actor was at his busiest, he got a call from auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan for Anantharam (1987). “It was not the lead and I told him that. But it hardly mattered to him. He came up with a superb act. Then he played the lead in Mathilukal (written by Vaikom Mohammed Basher), for which he won his first National award for Best Actor (along with Hariharan’s Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha). He told me that he considered himself fortunate to play the role of Basheer while the writer was still there,” says Adoor. Vidheyan, the third film that Adoor and Mammootty teamed up, bagged the actor his second National award for Best Actor. “It was an anti-hero role. As soon as I called Mammootty, he said ‘yes’. He asked if he could read the screenplay. Mammootty is the only actor in my films who has read a screenplay of mine before the film began. The film required him to cut his hair short. I was right there to ensure that his hair was cropped almost to his scalp,” says Adoor. Praising his discipline, Adoor says the halo of a ‘star’ was nowhere visible when Mammootty faced the camera. “Even at his peak as a superstar, here was an actor who was keen on doing offbeat films and enjoyed pushing himself to breathe life into his role,” adds the auteur.

Like nobody

During the Eighties and Nineties, Mammootty worked in several back-to-back films under the helmsmanship of PG Viswambharan, J Sasikumar, Padmarajan, Lohitadas and so on. Mammootty has also worked with Bharathan, KG George, Sibi Malayil, Shaji N Karun, Lohitadas and Shyamaprasad with equal felicity. He also went on to act in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and an English film on Dr Ambedkar. Mammootty’s family dramas, a favourite of his fans, saw him personify patriarchal family values that came to be identified with several of his characters in films such as Vatsalyam, Arayannegalude Veedu, Valyettan, Chronic Bachelor and scores of similar films. Film director Ranjith, another filmmaker who gave Mammootty some of his memorable roles in the recent past, says the veteran is someone who never lets seniority stand in the way of making a good film. Pranchiyettan & The Saint, Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, Puthen Panam and more were some of the duo’s films that worked at the box office. “Mammootty has this talent to speak different dialects in Malayalam and I doubt if there is anyone in the industry who has done so many with such perfection,” says Ranjith. He recounts fondly how the actor worked without any remuneration in Kaiyoppu because he liked the character and how Mammootty told him he would co-produce Pranchiyettan... when Ranjith told him he was producing the film under his banner.

Mammootty's click of Adoor Gopalakrishnan with his favourite cinematographer Mankada Ravi Varma on the sets of ‘Mathilukal’   | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Ranjith believes Mammootty is that rare actor who is willing to work with people who think out of the box. He has no qualms in reaching out to anyone, who he hears, is doing an interesting film. “In fact, he notices the crew on the set and the minute he sees someone with promise, he asks them when they plan to write or direct and to keep in touch with him,” says Ranjith. Lal Jose (Oru Maravathoor Kanavu), Lohitadas (Bhoothakkannadi), Anwar Rashid (Rajamanikyam), Aashiq Abu (Daddy Cool), Blessy (Kazhcha), Amal Neerad (Big B) and Martin Prakkat (Best Actor) are among those who turned directors with a Mammootty film. “It was Mammookka who made me a director. I was the cinematographer of Ranjith’s Mammootty-starrer Black and was set to return to Mumbai where I was working. Once the film was over, out of the blue, Mammookka told me to call him when I have a project to direct,” says Amal, whose first film with him was Big B.

The way forward

Bheeshmaparvam, Mammootty’s new film for release, is also directed by Amal and Big B is scheduled to have a sequel. Amal says although Big B was panned initially, it became a cult classic among a new generation of film-goers. “Unlike previous films of the actor, there was almost no melodramatic speeches. His role was that of a cold man who spoke few words and he did it so well,” adds Amal.

Showing no signs of slowing down, Mammootty is busy listening to scripts and working. A strict diet and a fitness regimen have ensured that the 69-year-old actor looks younger than many of his juniors in the industry. The tech-crazy actor has always kept himself abreast of technology in cinema. A keen photographer, Adoor has talked about his excellent photographic skills. Also well known is his craze for automobiles of which he has a huge collection. As 2021 confines cinema largely to OTT platforms, Mammootty has been waiting in the wings for reopening of theatres to enliven the big screen again with his characters. Source link Read the full article

[kummatty]

Mathilukal (1990, dir. Adoor Gopalakrishnan)

[sacredwhores]

Adoor Gopalakrishnan - Walls (1990)

[holly-mckenzie]

Paranne Cheru Chirakukal Adichuyare, Jeevithathe Chumbicheedalo, Paranne Pala Mathilukal Idichudache, Sagarangal Neenthi Keraalo...

Nazriya Nazim and Roshan Mathew in Koode (2018) dir. by Anjali Menon

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The practice of movie adaptations of popular literary works became a major draw in the 1950s. It is interesting to note that both, the first nationally recognised film in Malayalam, Neelakuyil(1954) and one of the very first experimental films of the Industry, The Newspaper Boy(1955), were based on literary works. In the 60s and 70s, more film adaptations started coming up in the mainstream cinema and majority of them were successes. The trend of adapting multiple works of the same writer began during this time. Thakazhi Sivashankara PIllai, MT Vasudevan Nair and Vaikom Muhammed Basheer are three such writers whose many literary works were made into films. This reduced the gap between literature and cinema in Malayalam. Thakazhi’s Randidangazhi(1958), Chemmeen(1965) and Anubhavangal Palichakal(1971), Basheer’s Bhargavi Nilayam(1964), Balyakalasakhi(1967), Mucheettukalikkarante Makal(1985) and Mathilukal(1990) and Vasudevan Nair’s Iruttinte Athmavu(1966), Asuravithu(1968), Olavum Theeravum(1969), Nirmalayam(1973), Aalkkotttathil Thaniye(1984) and Theerthadanam(2001) have been made into films.

- Adarsh P Mathew

B.Sc. (Hons) Physics, St. Stephen’s College

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan Birthday: Everything you need to know about talented Indian filmmaker

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Birthday: Everything you need to know about talented Indian filmmaker

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Birthday: Everything you need to know about talented Indian filmmaker

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Birthday: Indian film director, producer, and scriptwriter Adoor Gopalakrishnan turned 78 today.

On the occasion of Adoor Gopalakrishnan Birthday, take a look at his journey so far. Adoor Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and he is known as one of…

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Mathilukal (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 1990)

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A loneliness that I haven't known before, as if I am drained of all my will. Oh god, I've lost my laughter - Mathilukal (The Walls, 1990)