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The Politics and Poetics of Visualizing Rains and Romance in Reel and Real Worlds: An Analysis of P. Padmarajan’s Thoovanathumbikal as an Adaptation

Vol-6,Issue-5,September - October 2021

Author: Dr. Remya M.L.

Keywords: Audience appeal, Cinematic adaptation, creating Cult , Padmarajan cinema , politics and poetics.

Abstract: Malayalam cinema is one among the most loved and critically acclaimed traditions of cinema as it has showcased some of the classics of celluloid as well as could claim some of the best of talents in film makers. P. Padmarajan, the name is synonymous with the novel aesthetics of Malayalam cinema, a filmmaker, who blended romance and realism to create some of the most iconic Malayalam movies. Renowned as the avantgarde film maker, iconoclast and one among the most beloved directors of Malayalam cinema, Padmarajan’s tales were taken from life, raw and rustic; where pathos, love, lust, agony and loss formed the myriad formed the manifold hues, which set in a new cinematic tradition.

Article Info: Received: 23 Sep 2021; Received in revised form: 20 Oct 2021; Accepted: 25 Oct 2021; Available online: 31 Oct 2021

ijeab doi crossrefDOI: 10.22161/ijels.65.48

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