Thakarachenda
| Thakarachenda | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Avira Rebecca |
| Produced by |
Noushad Xavi Mano Mathew |
| Written by |
Walter Avira Rebecca |
| Starring |
Sreenivasan Geethu Mohandas Seema G. Nair Manikandan |
| Music by |
Paris Chandran (background score) Siby Kuruvilla (songs) |
| Cinematography | M. J. Radhakrishnan |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Thakarachenda (Malayalam: തകരച്ചെണ്ട) is a 2007 Malayalam film directed by debutant Avira Rebecca with Sreenivasan and Geethu Mohandas in the lead.[1] The film is based on a real life incident.[2] The film released on 9 August as a package along with Shaji N. Karun's docu-fiction AKG.[3]
A drama by genre, the film is an example of black humour and sarcastic comments. It received the Best Debut Director Award and Special Jury Award (Sreenivasan) at the Kerala State Film Awards.
Plot
The film is set in a slum in Ernakulam and focusses on a group of slum dwellers who are usually ignored in the ambitious blueprints of city developers. The protagonist of the film, Chakrapani (Sreenivasan), is a disabled beggar and also a small-time moneylender who lives in the slum. A drunkard, he spends most of the time quarrelling with his mother. He has an eye on Latha (Geethu Mohandas) who lives nearby with her two children, Siva and Malli, though she detests him. Latha, an asthmatic, works as a maid and dreams of a better future for her children. Another woman Vasanthi (Seema G. Nair) too lives in the slum with her two children and a drunkard of a husband (Manikandan) who is of no use to anybody and who keeps causing endless trouble to her and her children. Finally, desperation forces Chakrapani and Latha to unite and raise their voice in protest again the ignorance towards their slum. Chakrapani ends up as their leader. The story reaches its climax when the government takes steps to get rid of the slum in order to go on with developmental activities and the slum-dwellers find that they have nowhere to go. A JCB arrives on the scene and the local people protest as a union with Chakrapani in the forefront. But their pleas fall on deaf ears.
Cast
- Sreenivasan as Chakrapani
- Geethu Mohandas as Latha
- Seema G. Nair as Vasanthi
- Manikandan Pattambi as Suni
References
- ↑ "Harsh reality". The Hindu. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "Zooming in on society's thakara Film Review". The Hindu. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "Film on AKG set for release tomorrow". The Hindu. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2011.