Kutty Srank: The Sailor of Hearts

Kutty Srank

India

2009

127 Min

Color

Malayalam

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Mahesh Ramanathan, Rajesh Sawhney

SCR Shaji N. Karun, Hari Krishnan, P.F. Mathews

CAST Mammootty, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Meena Kumari Perera, Padmapriya, Siddique, Saikumar, Sreekumar, Satheesh Chandra, Suresh Krishna, Jathitha, Amit, Maya Vishwanath, Padmakumar, Gaurav Moudgill, M.A. Balachandran, Gopalakrishnan, Valsala Menon, Kozhikkode Sarada, Nandu

MUSIC Issac Thomas Kottukapally

Kutty Srank (translated as baby shark in Malayalam) is a film about a mariner who operates a cargo vessel between the sea port of Kodungalloor near Kochi, once roaring port town in Kerala. One day, the local police station discovers an unidentified body that has washed ashore. A Budhist nun (Revamma ) comes forward to claim that she can identify the rotten body, and she recognises it as that of one kutti Srank. Police enquire her relationhip with Kutti Srank. Meanwhile, another woman (Pemmanna ) too claims to recognize the dead man. Both women assure the investigators that the body is that of Kutti Srank. Finally a dumb woman (Kali) join them and seeks permission to see the corpse. She however rejects the claim made by the other women and argues that the body is not that of Kutti Srank. Pemmanna identifies Kali and tells Revamma that Kali is kutti Srank’s wife. Eventually each woman share their acquaintance and relation with kutti Srank. Kutty Srank ultimately leaves behind a story of a man who convinced three very different women he was a committed and faithful husband while successfully keeping his other two lives a secret. —Wikipedia

Director

Shaji N. Karun

Shaji Neelakantan Karun (Malayalam: ഷാജി എന്‍. കരുണ്‍; born 1 January 1952) is a National Award-winning Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi (1988) won the Caméra d’Or – Mention d’honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the Premiere Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the Executive Chairman of International Film Festival of Kerala from 1998 to 2001. He is best known for his award winning films Piravi (1989), Vanaprastham (1999) and Kutty Srank (2010).

Shaji N. Karun was born on New Year’s Day, 1952 as the eldest son of Mr. N. Karunakaran and Mrs. Chandramati in present day Kollam district in the former state of Travancore state (now Kerala), India. The family moved to Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital of the state in 1963. He did his schooling in Palkulangara H.S. and took a Bachelor’s degree from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. In 1971 he entered the Film… read more

Shaji Neelakantan Karun (Malayalam: ഷാജി എന്‍. കരുണ്‍; born 1 January 1952) is a National Award-winning Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi (1988) won the Caméra d’Or – Mention d’honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the Premiere Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the Executive Chairman of International Film Festival of Kerala from 1998 to 2001. He is best known for his award winning films Piravi (1989), Vanaprastham (1999) and Kutty Srank (2010).

Shaji N. Karun was born on New Year’s Day, 1952 as the eldest son of Mr. N. Karunakaran and Mrs. Chandramati in present day Kollam district in the former state of Travancore state (now Kerala), India. The family moved to Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital of the state in 1963. He did his schooling in Palkulangara H.S. and took a Bachelor’s degree from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. In 1971 he entered the Film and Television Institute of India where he took his diploma in Cinematography. He won the President’s medal on passing out in 1975. He is married to Anasuya Warrier, daughter of P. K. R. Warrier, who incidentally was his neighbour in Trivandrum for quite some time. After a brief stint in the south Indian city of Madras, he returned to Thiruvananthapuram in 1976 where he got an appointment as film officer in the newly formed state Film Development Corporation. His first son Anil was born on 19 June 1976. His association with the legendary Malayalam film maker G. Aravindan began at this time. Then he continued working with notable directors like G. Aravindan, K. G. George and M. T. Vasudevan Nair as a cinematographer. Shaji is all set to wield camera for M. F. Husain’s next directorial venture, to be shot across the world.

Shaji made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film Piravi (“The Birth”, 1988), which won him the prestigious Caméra d’Or – Mention d’honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. While Piravi was about the grief of a father who loses his son, Shaji’s second film, Swaham (1994) continued with the theme of grief. Swaham was selected to the compete at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Vaanaprastham (“The Final Dance”, 1999) dealt with the identity crisis faced by an actor. Mohanlal played the lead role in this film. He directed the film Nishad, made in Hindi, which was completed in May 2002, and premiered in the Fukuoka International Film Festival held in September 2002 in Japan. His latest film is titled Kutty Srank with Mammootty playing the lead role. The film was released theatrically in Kerala on July 2010.

He has also made around a dozen short films and documentaries. Besides making films, Shaji Karun has been active as a juror at many international film festivals and an active participant in governmental and academic arenas. He was the Premiere Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the Executive Chairman of International Film Festival of Kerala from 1998 to 2001. —wikipedia

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