::: RETROSPECTIVE - T.V. CHANDRAN :::

“Cinema Exposes the Injustices

that Get Buried in Time”-

T V Chandran

T V Chandran’s films are firmly founded on his strong convictions

on political identities, ideology and his fears about those on the

periphery, irrespective of gender and  social stratification. Born in

Thalassery, in Kannur district of Kerala, his growing years were

greatly influenced by the early stirrings created by the inroads of

Communist ideology in the area. There are no picture postcard

frames. Each frame  pared to reveal the reality sans masks.  Most of

Chandran's films are centred on women —Hemavin Kathalagal,

Mangamma, Aliceinte Anweshanam, Susanna, and Bhoomi

Malayalam, directed between 1985 and 2009. In Dany, with an

apparently a male lead, Chandran  has,  in a masterly handling of

the script, given an undeniably significant space for the woman.

In his recent films, Paadam Onnu Oru Vilaapam, and Kathaveseshan,

the filmmaker pans on the fraying social fabric of the land.