Annapoorna lives with her son and daughter, and struggles to get by, trying to earn a living from the teashop near a railway station once owned by her now deceased husband. Her son Kannan does whatever he can to help whilst trying to continue his education, however this proves difficult and he fails his exams. His mother sends him to a military recruitment camp, hoping he will find employment. This seems to be the family’s only hope, however this option is expensive. Eventually Kannan is admitted after Annapoorna pays a hefty sum of money to a man associated with the camp. Later, Kannan is killed in a stampede at the camp, and his bereaved mother brings his body back home in an ambulance. Annapoorna’s daughter waits anxiously for the return of her mother and brother. —Wikipedia
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
one of the most elegic Indian film I ever saw and with THE TREE OF LIFE one of the finest film about mourning and last but not least also the most Malick-like Indian film I can remember.
