Athisayangalude Venal Explained

Athisayangalude Venal
Director:Prasanth Vijay
Producer:Nikhil Narendran
Music:Basil CJ
Cinematography:Amith Surendran, Udhaii Thangavel
Editing:Jiji P Joseph
Studio:Iceskating in Tropics, Brownhorse Productions
Country:India
Runtime:117 minutes
Language:Malayalam

Athisayangalude Venal (English: The Summer of Miracles) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by debutant Prasanth Vijay. It is produced by Nikhil Narendran under the banner of Iceskating in Tropics and has Chandra Kiran GK, Reina Maria and Arya Manikandan in the lead roles. Chandra Kiran won a Special Jury Mention for his acting at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards and was declared the Best Actor of the 2018 Singapore South Asian International Film Festival.[1] [2] The film won the best debut award at the 2018 UK Asian Film Festival.[3] In 2019, the film also featured in the list of 'The Best 200 Indian Films of the Decade' by Rediff.com.[4]

The film is about a nine-year-old boy's obsession to become invisible, his relentless efforts to achieve that, and the consequences of his actions on people around him.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Namrata Joshi noted in The Hindu that "the budget is negligible and the narrative minimalist while the emotional arc remains strong".[5] Shriram Iyengar of Cinestaan.com found it "surprisingly entertaining, funny, and unique in its story".[6] Cinestaan.com also included the film in its year-end list of '10 festival gems' of 2017.[7] Archana Nathan, writing for Scroll.in, noted that the film "beautifully moves between imagination and reality, science and faith, and knowledge and ignorance in its quest to understand the effects of the absence of a loved one".[8] Rasmi Binoy of The Hindu observed that the film is "a sharp detour from recurrent tropes of ‘child-centric’ cinema" further writing: "The simple, sincere narrative is essentially about how people deal with grief and tragedy, by escaping to their own fantasy worlds".[9] In his review in Asianculturevulture.com, Sailesh Ram wrote: "intelligent and questioning, this is a film for those who like something different and unpredictable and a film that is reflectively cerebral".[10] Aseem Chhabra picked the film among the finest 200 Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade for Rediff.com.[11]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 48th Kerala State Film Awards: Complete List of Winners | mad about moviez. 23 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190723114301/https://madaboutmoviez.com/2018/03/08/the-48th-kerala-state-film-awards-complete-list-of-winners/. 23 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Bengali Film Mayurakshi Wins Top Award at Singapore South Asian Film Festival. 15 October 2018. News18. 8 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508190516/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/bengali-film-mayurakshi-wins-top-award-at-singapore-south-asian-film-festival-1909103.html. 8 May 2019. live.
  3. Web site: UKAFF 2018 Award Winners. 2018-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20181022040538/http://tonguesonfire.com/ukaff-2018-award-winners/. 2018-10-22. live.
  4. Web site: The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade. Aseem. Chhabra. 13 November 2019. www.rediff.com.
  5. News: The child's gaze: Three movies, each with a child at the centre. Namrata. Joshi. The Hindu. 13 October 2017. www.thehindu.com.
  6. Web site: Athisayangalude Venal review: Surprise that leaves you with slice of innocent life. Shriram. Iyengar. Cinestaan. 2019-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508190517/https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/the-summer-of-miracles-28944. 2019-05-08. live.
  7. Web site: Rewind 2017: 10 festival gems that won us over. Sonal. Pandya. Cinestaan. 2019-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509103031/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2017/dec/27/9968. 2019-05-09. live.
  8. Web site: A film about an eight-year-old boy who thinks he is invisible is a moving study of loss. Archana. Nathan. Scroll.in. 2019-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508190520/https://scroll.in/reel/856833/a-film-about-an-eight-year-old-boy-who-thinks-he-is-invisible-is-a-moving-study-of-loss. 2019-05-08. live.
  9. News: IFFK 2017: Prasanth Vijay's Athisayangalude Venal is an 'experiment in subtlety'. Rasmi. Binoy. The Hindu. 7 December 2017. www.thehindu.com.
  10. Web site: UK Asian Film Festival 2018 - Reviews: Sugar and Spice... 'Tikli & Laxmi Bomb'; 'Shalom Bollywood', 'Light Arose', 'Side A and Side B'; 'The Summer of Miracles'; 'Siddhartha'. 22 March 2018. Asian Culture Vulture. 9 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509103035/http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/uk-asian-film-festival-2018-reviews-sugar-spice-tikli-shalom-bollywood-light-arose-side-side-b-summer-miracles-siddhartha/. 9 May 2019. live.
  11. Web site: The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade. Aseem. Chhabra. 13 November 2019. www.rediff.com.
  12. Web site: UK Asian Film Festival 2018: It's a wrap as stars turn out for feel-good closing film 'Boogie Man' and festival awards presented.... 26 March 2018. Asian Culture Vulture. 9 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509103034/http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/uk-asian-film-festival-2018-wrap-stars-turn-feel-good-closing-film-boogie-man-festival-awards-presented/. 9 May 2019. live.
  13. Web site: 'Mayurakshi' wins best feature film at Singapore film fest. 15 October 2018. The Quint. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509045428/https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/mayurakshi-wins-best-feature-film-at-singapore-film-fest. 9 May 2019. live.
  14. Web site: Child Star Wins Kerala State Film Award. www.thenewsminute.com. 8 March 2018. 2019-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190509045430/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/child-star-wins-kerala-state-film-award-whos-reporter-story-his-dad-77667 . 2019-05-09 . live .

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