Cherian introduced play-back singing in Malayalam cinema. Thus Nirmala set many firsts for introducing play-back singing. He also cast many other family members in other roles, trying to break the taboo that noble family people do not take up acting. PJ Cherian produced Nirmala in 1948 with Joseph Cherian and Baby Joseph his son and daughter-in-law as hero and heroine. Cherian was the first Malayali producer to venture into this field after JC Daniel. Until 1947 most Malayalam films were made by Tamil producers, P. Subramoniam of Madras and featuring Guru Gopinath and Thankamani Gopinath. Then came Prahlada in 1941, directed by K. Balan was followed by Gnanambika in 1940, which was directed by S. It was produced by Modern Theatres at Salem in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. Nottani with a screenplay and songs written by Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai. The first talkie in Malayalam was Balan, released in 1938. However, after only being shown for four days, the film prints were confiscated due to a legal battle over copyright. A second film, Marthanda Varma, based on a novel by C. Daniel founded the first film studio, The Travancore National Pictures Limited, in Kerala. Daniel, a businessman with no prior film experience, who is credited as the father of Malayalam cinema. Production started in 1928, and it was released at the Capitol Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram on 23 October 1930. The first film made in Malayalam was Vigathakumaran. PK Rosy, the first actress of Malayalam movie industry In 1913, the first permanent theatre in Kerala was established in Thrissur town by Kattookkaran and was called the Jose Electrical Bioscope, now Jos Theatre. The first cinema hall in Kerala, with a manually operated film projector, was opened in Thrissur by Jose Kattookkaran in 1907. With support from the Kerala state government production climbed from around 6 a year in the 1950s, to 30 a year in the 1960s, 40 a year in the 1970s, to 127 films in 1980. History A scene from Vigathakumaran, the first Malayalam feature filmĪctive Malayalam film production did not take place until the second half of the 20th century: there were only two silent films, and three Malayalam-language films before 1947. As of 2018, Malayalam cinema has got 14 awards for the best actor, 6 for the best actress, 12 for the best film, and 13 for the best film director at the National Film Awards, India. Several media sources describe Kochi as the hub of the film industry. Later the industry shifted to Chennai (formerly Madras), which then was the capital of the South Indian film industry.īy the late 1980s, the Malayalam film industry returned and established itself in Kerala with the majority of locations, studios, production and post-production facilities being located in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. During the 1920s, the Malayalam film industry was based in Thiruvananthapuram, although the film industry started to develop and flourish only by the late 1940s. The first talkie in Malayalam was Balan (1938) directed by S. The first Malayalam feature film was Vigathakumaran, a silent film directed and produced by J. The first CinemaScope film produced in Malayalam was Thacholi Ambu (1978). The first 3D film produced in India, My Dear Kuttichathan (1984), was made in Malayalam. Swaham (1994) won the Bronze Rosa Camuna at the Bergamo Film Meeting in Italy. Other films which achieved global acclaim include Chemmeen (1965), which received a Certificate of Merit at the Chicago International Film Festival, and a gold medal at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Cinematography. Rajiv Anchal's Guru (1997), Salim Ahamed's Adaminte Makan Abu (2011), Lijo Jose Pellissery's Jallikkattu (2019) and Jude Anthany Joseph’s 2018 (2023) were Malayalam films sent by India as its official entries for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. In 1982, Elippathayam won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute. Malayalam cinema, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language widely spoken in the state of Kerala, India.
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