Something special about this person is that all his movies are Haunting.By haunting i meant that the memories of the movie (especially the characters) will be with us for some period.His movies are a good exercise for your brain as there are lots of elements to think off after the movie!.
I think my first Padmarajan movie watch was Thoovanathumpikal,I didnt find anything great in it in the first watch,but when i watched it 2nd ,found it really interesting!And to be frank at present I dont know how many times I have watched that movie,and the more I watch it the more I love it!.
The master of Cinema died at the early age of 55(He did only few films) but each one is different from one another.Another interesting fact is that apart from the strong story line his movies are very much entertaining .For example consider IDAVELA-which is the story of 4 friends hanging out for 10 days.And the story develops with lots of funny moments in between them.Each Movie constitues of lots of touching characters .I am damn sure that you will remember the names of atleast 5 characters after watching a PADMARAJAN MOVIE.What does it indicate? It clarifies the power of his characters .
Another interesting feature is the unpredictability.No one can guess how his movie ends or what happens in the next moment.In Moonnam Pakkam, can you even think that it becomes that much tragic in the climax as it was built up in such an entertainment package from the beginning!?
Now for those who have’nt watched PADMARAJAN movies, here are few good ones which I am suggesting(All are good but these are my favorites)
- Thoovanathumpikal
- Namukku Parkkan MunthiriThoppukal
- Idavela
- Innale
- Moonnam Pakkam
- Kariyilakkattu Pole
For your information he has scripted for 36 and directed 18 films.Apart from a movie director he was a Born writer and most of his movies are made from his own novels.I also reccomend his novels,they also will give you the same feel or more!
Anyway i wish this post to be an Eye Opener to those who are after SHAFI,RAFI-MECARTIN and Now a days Mammootty movies.RESPECTED MAMMOKKA i would like to borrow one of your famous dialogues now
“I FEEL PITY ON YOU!!”
I feel pity on you for making these types of stupid films.
Actor PRITHVIRAJ recently said “The Standard of Our audience’s has gone a lot down!” and this is cent percent true.
His last film was NJAN GANDARVAN which was a class film portraying the relation between GANDARVAN and a WOMAN ,but the movie flopped in the box office , after some days the genius passed away.Some says that he died because of the failure of such a nice movie like Njan Gandarvan.
The golden age of Malayalam cinema was surely the 90′s .We had an intelligent audience during that period,The other language film makers considered Malalayalam movies as REFERENCE TEXT BOOKS! I doubt whether his films will do well in box office ,if he was a film maker in this era!Presenltly all are after entertainments movies.
A renaissance is necessary,we should get back to our standard which we had some years before.Anyway i am glad that still there are lots of Padmarajan fans in Kerala.
Please Visit the Padmarajan Community in orkut in which you will find more information about him and a bunch of good cinema lovers.
