Kavya Madhavan - A Wonderful Actress from Kerala.

La région du Kerala " God's Own Country" nous a offres une actrice exceptionnelle en la personne de Kavya Madhavan. Ce n'est pas juste une actrice qui fait que des films dites "commercial" où on voit les filles se trémousser et montrer leur plastique. Les rôles qu'elle choisi ont toujours quelques choses à dire.
Elle a fait quelques films qui ne sont pas vraiment de constances pour ses rôles, mais elle ne fait pas que ça. C'est seulement une partie de sa carrière.
Par la suite je mettrai en ligne des photos et des vidéos tirés de ses films.
Elle a vraiment , mais vraiment quelque chose de spécial.
Elle est aussi l'une des rare à être resté fidèle à sa région. Certaines mauvaises diront que c'est par qu'ils ne voulaient pas d'elle, mais je pense que le plus important est de continuer d'être là où est respecté.
Elle a fait ses débuts dans le cinéma Tamoul il y a cinq dans le film "KAASI".
C'est un film qui a fait beaucoup de bruit grâce à la performance de ses acteurs, mais le ballon s'est vite dégonflé. Elle a refait une autre tentative avec " EN MANA VAANIL" du même réalisateur, soit dit en passant est un réal Malayalam. Là aussi sa performance à été remarque mais impossible decoller.
Pourquoi? Tous simplement parce que les producteurs et les réalisateurs ont préférés se tourner vers des actrices qui ne savait pas jouer mais qui avaient une plastique d'enfer.
Je me rappelle des films de Revathi, Raadhika, Suhasini, et d'autres. On ne voit plus ce genre de jeu d'acteurs dans les films tamouls maintenant.
C'est la raison pour laquelle, je me suis tourné vers les autres cinéma et j'ai découvert Kavya Madhavan. Il y a d'autres actrices qui sont trés bien mais elle est ma préféré.
C'est comme dans le Bharathanatyam, si la danseuse bouge seulemtn son corp et exécute correctement les gestes, sa dance sera nulle. Il faut que ses yeux, les expressions de son visage parlent aussi, ET C'EST CE QUE JE RETROUVE CHEZ KAVYA MADHAVAN.
D'ailleurs vous pourrez vous rendre compte de ça par la suite grâce aux photos et aux vidéos.
J'espère que vous apprécierai.
Merci.

Naalu Pennungal - Four Women

NAALU PENNUNGAL - FOUR WOMEN Malayalam Movie

I want to talk about Naalu Pennungal - Four Women, directed by one of the greatest movie directors of our time, Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The movie is split into four parts, based on four short stories written by Jnanpith winner, late Thakazhi Sivasankarapillai. And it's a must see. The surprising thing was that for the first time I saw a packed cinema hall for an Adoor movie. I think it is the huge star cast (consisting mainly of some popular female actors) that draws the crowd to this movie.

The first part of the film is titled ‘Oru Niyamalankhanathinte Kadha’ which means ‘Story of breach of Law’. The woman in this part is Kunjipeenu (Padmapriya) who plays the role of a sex worker who later chooses to live by working as a road worker. It portrays how the society treats such women even when they decide to live their lives in a decent manner. This is of about 20 minutes duration.

The second part of the film is titled ‘Kanyaka’ (Virgin / unmarried) which focuses on the life of Kumari (Geethu Mohandas), married to Narayanan (Nandu) who fails to look after her. She is a peasant and earns money for her family. Her dialogues are less, yet her character is strong enough to compensate with the dialogues.

The third part of the film named ‘Chinnu Amma’ is about the life of Chinnu (Manju Pillai) who does not have children in her life. She is a naïve lady yet strong enough to protect herself against a sin that should not be committed. Mukesh also does his part of the film well.

The final part of the film is named ‘Nithya Kanyaka’ (never married / spinster). Here, the story revolves around the life of three women. The title role is played by Nandita Das as Kamakshi. She is the eldest among the four children of the family. Kavya Madhavan who plays Subhadra is the younger sister of Kamakshi. Remya Nambeeshan also plays sister’s role. This part tells how a lady can live alone without support from anyone in the society. It portrays a woman who was once dependant earlier, but became strong and independent towards the end.



Adoor's craftsmanship can be seen as he sets every single frame and characters to reflect the time that the story is originally set. So it feels quite alrght to hear the dialogue deliveries, acting, which otherwise would have seemed odd. Each and every single actor has done their parts well. M J Radhakrishnan's camera and Issac Thomas' music are other highlights. The four leading characters have given life to the characters they have portrayed. Of all the four stories, I liked the first and last one the most. Among the actors, you would notice the performances by KPAC Lalitha, M R Gopakumar the most. They seem so natural in acting. Manju Pillai's performance is to be noted as she never a big name in the mainstream or parallel cinema, but such a fine actor she is. Padmapriya, Geethu Mohandas and Nandita Das have done very well, while I understand Kavya Madhavan taking up such a short but important role.
This movie is an easy-watch (compared to the old Adoor movies that requires the audience to have a complete social and political awareness of the time that the movie is set in to enjoy the film), but you will take some of the characters and story plots with you even after you leave the theatre.


‘Naalu Pennungal’ honored


World famous film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan's latest film ‘Naalu Pennungal' has been chosen by the Belgian Royal Film Archive for its upcoming festival.

The movie was selected as one of the 20 best films in its world wide selection of quality films marked for authenticity, peculiarity of purpose and novelty of treatment.

All these twenty films including ‘Naalu Pennungal’ will compete for the prestigious L'age d'Or (Golden Age) prize, which is named after the master film after Luis Bunueal, in the festival's 33rd edition this year. The festival will be held in Brussels in July.

'Naalu Pennungal' has already fetched a number of awards and critical applause from many festivals in the international circuit.