Parinamam

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Movie
Original title Parinamam (പരിണാമം)
Country of production India
original language Malayalam
Publishing year 2003
length 125 minutes
Rod
Director Venu
script Matampu Kunjukuttan
production National Film Development Corporation
music Johnson
camera MJ Radhakrishnan
cut K. Rajagopal
occupation

Parinamam ( Malayalam : പരിണാമം ) is an Indian feature film by Venu from 2003. Matampu Kunjukuttan wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue .

action

The Tahasildar Balakrishnan Marar comes home on his last day of work, happy to have reached retirement age. He lives in his house with his wife Malathi, his son Satheesan, his wife Ramani, their daughter Ammu and his unmarried daughter Suma. The son has been doing odd jobs for years, and the daughter is still studying at college. It is foreseeable that the family will have to live on his pension from now on.

The next day, Balakrishnan receives a visit from some older men of retirement age who jokingly refer to themselves as "Senior Citizens' Club Men's". Among them are retired Block Development Officer Ramankutty Menon and retired school principal Krishnan Nambiar. They see the retired judge Damodaran Nambisan as their patron. The widower now devotes himself particularly to religiosity and the study of old Sanskrit texts in order to alleviate his guilty conscience because of a possibly incorrect death sentence that he has imposed.

Marar still has no idea what to do with his new free time, but Satheesan and Ramani immediately hire him to accompany Ammu on the way to school, for shopping and other errands. Balakrishnan is not used to all this housework and becomes depressed and grumpy. He is outraged that Satheesan is asking him for Rs. 500,000 from his pension because he needs it as a bribe to get a permanent job in a school. Since Malathi and Suma are also behind Satheesan, Balakrishnan seeks advice from Damodaran. After weighing up the alternatives, the latter suggests giving the son the money and imposing the moral obligation on him to pay for his sister's later wedding. Suma also encourages her father in this. Satheesan takes the money with friends, but he does not express gratitude, and he also omits the usual auspicious blessing from the father before accepting the position.

The joint dinners no longer take place; while Balakrishnan is eating at the same time as always, the others have already eaten. He is increasingly losing his position as head of the family to his son and his wife, who treat him more and more disrespectfully. One of the men from the pensioners' club shocked Balakrishnan with the story of his life, how he secretly worked as a beggar to raise some money for his 5 children who have now abandoned him in old age.

Sateesan and Ramani have a small driveway built to the porch of the house for their newly purchased scooter so that they can store it there. One evening Balakrishnan comes home in the dark and stumbles on the ramp. The injury he sustains makes him a prisoner in his own home, and Sateesan complains about the cost of medical care for his father. His son and daughter-in-law now take full control of the household's financial resources. When Ramani also gets a job at the school, they want to rent a house for the family near their place of work. The decision is made at the kitchen table without Balaskrishnan. He reacts negatively when he learns of this plan from his wife. Neither he nor Malathi or Suma can oppose moving out, but shortly before departure, Malathi throws himself howling in front of the already closed gate of the house that has already been advertised for rent. It remains to be seen whether there will still be a return.

Others

The film was shown in 2003 at the Malayalam Film Festival in Dubai , the Chennai International Film Festival and the Indian Panorama Film Festival in Shillong . On the Ashdod International Film Festival in 2005 in Israel honored for best screenplay. Director Venu thought it was one of his best films.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parinamam NFDC
  2. ↑ Malayalam film wins award at Israel fest from Press Trust of India
  3. ^ Honor for Malayalam film in The Hindu, May 13, 2005
  4. ^ Film director P. Venu dead in The Hindu, May 26, 2011
  5. ↑ Adieu to a versatile yet modest director in The Hindu of May 26, 2011