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09 February 2024, 02:00 AM IST • Pavarati Gramina Film Festival inaugurated by director PT Kujunmuhammed

Pavaratti : The curtain has gone up on the village film festival organized by Valakattupadam Devasurya Kalavedi and Pavaratti Janaki Film Vedi.

Director P.T. Kunju Muhammad inaugurated. Elavalli Panchayat President Jio Fox presided. The fair started with the screening of the documentary ‘Pavarotti’s Historical Paths’. The short films Duthan, Nerchapetti, Upanath and Wonderman were screened and the main film Pada was shown.

Many people came to enjoy the movie by drinking chukkapi and nibbling on kapandi in the padam of Pazama, which has been specially set up in the Palakkattupadam. Lyricist Chandran Peruvallur and actor Sailu Chappie were honored at the function.

Rafi Neelankavil, Sridevi Davis, M. Nalin Babu, Subramanian Iripassery, K.C. Abhilash,

Reggie Valakatupadam, Jason Guruvayur and Jason Araikal spoke. The fair will conclude with the distribution of John Abraham awards on Sunday.

07 January 2024, 02:00 AM IST

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Addition: Chef Suresh Pillai says that mother’s food tastes good because of love and only through food can one satisfy another.

Trust Chairman Dr. He was speaking in a face-to-face meeting with Ajay Kumar. Food at home is unpretentious and homely, though it doesn’t have the taste buds of big hotels. That’s why no matter how expensive you eat outside, you feel like eating at home. Anything else turns into boredom after a certain point. Food is the only source of happiness when given to yourself and others with love.

There is no other nation as diverse in food as the Malayalis. We can make different breakfast for two months in a row. We should respect and familiarize ourselves with the food of each nation – said Suresh Pillai.

Bollywood cinema is not Indian cinema – Girish Kasaravalli

: Director Girish Kasaravalli said that Bollywood cinema should not be supported for the sake of supporting Indian cinema. He also opined that Bollywood cinema is not Indian cinema. Indian cinema, produced in different languages, cannot be seen as a single cultural form. Actually it should be called ‘Indian cinema’ not ‘Indian cinema’ – critic and writer C.S. Girish Kasaravalli said while interacting with Venkateswaran.

Devdat Patnaik, Dr. Aju K. Narayanan, Ashtamurthy, Pepin Thomas Mundassery, Dr. JOLLY PUDUSSERY, T.D. Ramakrishnan, Engandiyur Chandrasekaran and others participated in various sessions. The second edition of the Peruvanam International Village Festival at the Cherp Srilakam Convention Center will conclude on Sunday. Dancer Mallika Sarabhai will participate in the closing ceremony.

05 January 2024, 02:00 AM IST Kerala Sahitya Akademi ‘P.T. Art and Time’ program is inaugurated at CB Mala. Priyanandanan, Kalamandalam Kshemavathi, P.T. Kunju Muhammad, V.K. Joseph. Ashoka Cheruvil. Near Sunny Joseph etc

Thrissur: P.T. Director Cibi Malail said that the films done by Kunju Muhammad are few in number. His and Kunju Muhammad’s film careers are of the same age. PT is a platform to voice the position and politics. Saw his movies too. However, it was not recognized as it deserved. His films have been winning national awards, he said while inaugurating a seminar on ‘PT: Kalaum Kalam’ at the Sahitya Akademi. Institutions, including the Film Academy, did not achieve their goals regardless of whose time it was. CB also pointed out that the Academy needs to be able to recruit non-mainstream filmmakers and make them feel that the institution belongs to them.

Director Priyanandanan said in the chairman’s speech that even in the international film festival of the Department of Culture, the trend of excluding Malayalees should be changed by including only foreign juries. In the function, Kalamandalam Kshemavathi shared the memories of her friendship with P.T. Tea artist Sunny Joseph, Ashokan Charuvil, N.K. Akbar MLA, actor Irshad, V.K. Joseph, Umar Tharmael, P.S. Iqbal and Anwar Kohinoor delivered speeches.