Koodevide Explained

Koodevide?
Director:P. Padmarajan[1] [2]
Story:Vasanthi
Producer:Rajan Joseph
Screenplay:P. Padmarajan
Music:Johnson
Cinematography:Shaji N. Karun
Editing:Madhu Kainakari
Distributor:Prakash Movietone
Released:[3]
Runtime:150 minutes
Country:India
Language:Malayalam

Koodevide? is a 1983 Malayalam-language drama film, written and directed by P. Padmarajan,[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] starring Mammootty, Suhasini, and Rahman. The film is based on the Tamil novel Moongil Pookkal by Vasanthi.[9] It marked Rahman's movie debut.[10] [11] The film was a major commercial success and was Padmarajan's first commercial hit.[12]

Plot

Alice is a teacher at a boarding school in Ooty. Ravi Puthooran, the prodigal and unruly son of the Member of Parliament Xavier Puthooran, joins the school in Alice's class. Alice manages to mentor him into becoming a good student.[13] Alice's boyfriend, Captain Thomas, feels intensely jealous of the attention Alice shows to Ravi Puthooran. He accidentally kills the boy and surrenders to the police, leaving Alice frustrated in all aspects of her life.[14]

Cast

Awards

Koodevide won three Kerala State Film Awards and eight Kerala Film Critics Association Awards. It was also selected for screening in that year's Indian Panorama.[15]

Kerala State Film Awards[16]
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The History of Malayalam Cinema. 18 November 2006. 2009-01-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090107042122/http://www.cinemalayalam.net/articles. 7 January 2009. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: New Thoughts on Films :Koodevide? (1983). 2009-01-16.
  3. Web site: List of Malayalam films released during the year 1983. PRD, Govt of Kerala. 2009-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20090602043414/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/1983.htm. 2 June 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Koodevide (1983). 2009-01-16.
  5. Web site: Film & TV Database > KOODEVIDE?. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010211607/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/257536. dead. 2012-10-10. 2009-01-16.
  6. Book: Ashish Rajadhyaksha. Paul Willemen. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema . British Film Institute:Produced in association with the National Film Archive of India. 1994. 134, 156, 206. 978-0-85170-455-5.
  7. Book: Cinema in India. National Film Development Corporation of India. 1987. 23.
  8. Book: Roy Armes. Third World Film Making and the West . University of California Press. 1987. 122. 978-0-520-05690-9.
  9. News: Swaminathan . G. . 2020-07-02 . Print to celluloid: From 'Kalvanin Kadhali' and 'Mullum Malaram' to 'Ponniyin Selvan' . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-02-08 . 0971-751X.
  10. Web site: Rahman is back. 30 July 2004. movies.indiainfo.com. 2009-01-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090227102312/http://movies.indiainfo.com/southern-spice/coming/rahman_0730.html. 27 February 2009. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Rahman staging a comeback. https://web.archive.org/web/20070219060115/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/26809.html. dead. 19 February 2007. 13 November 2006. IndiaGlitz . 2009-01-16.
  12. Web site: Rahman back in Malayalam. 12 January 2005. Rediff.com. 2009-01-16.
  13. Book: Bibekananda Ray. Naveen Joshi. Conscience of the Race: India's Offbeat Cinema. India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division. 2005. 113. 978-81-230-1298-8.
  14. Web site: Plot summary for Koodevide?. IMDB. 2009-01-16.
  15. Web site: Padmarajan . cinemaofmalayalam.net . 2009-01-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116053042/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/padmarajan.html . 16 January 2009 .
  16. Web site: STATE FILM AWARDS 1969 - 2007 : 1983. Public Relations Department (PRD), Government of Kerala. 2009-01-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234213/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm. 3 March 2016. dmy-all.
  17. https://www.keralafilmcritics.com/2020/10/film-critics-awards-complete-list-from.html "കേരള ഫിലിം ക്രിട്ടിക്‌സ് അവാര്‍ഡ് 1977 - 2012"

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