101 Chodyangal | |
Director: | Sidhartha Siva[1] |
Producer: | Thomas Kottakkakam |
Music: | Bijibal |
Cinematography: | Prabhath E K |
Editing: | Bibin Paul Samuel |
Studio: | Seventh Paradise |
Country: | India |
Language: | Malayalam |
101 Chodyangal (English: 101 Questions) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Sidhartha Siva. At the 60th National Film Awards, the film won the awards for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Child Artist for Minon.[2] [3] [4] It also won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for Best Feature Film (Audience Prize) at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala.
The story is set in Kaviyoor, Tiruvalla, the director's hometown in Kerala, which inspired the film. The plot revolves around a school assignment given to a class V student to frame 101 questions.[5]
The film was slated to release in theatres in April 2013.
A Class V student is given an assignment to frame 101 questions. The film is about the efforts he has to put in to create those questions. At this point, his father, a factory employee, loses his job. The two parallel streams converge at the end.