Sufi Paranja Katha (film)

Sufi Paranja Katha
Sufi Paranja Katha
Directed by	Priyanandanan
Based on	Sufi Paranja Katha by K. P. Ramanunni
Produced by	Silicon Media
Starring	Thampi Antony; Prakash Bare; Babu Antony; Sharbani Mukherjee; Samvrutha Sunil; Geetha Vijayan;
Cinematography	K. G. Jayan
Edited by	Venugopal
Music by	Mohan Sithara
Production; company	Chithranjali
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	19 February 2010;
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Sufi Paranja Katha is a Malayalam-language film directed by Priyanandanan based on K. P. Ramanunni's novel with the same title. Ramanunni himself wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogues for the film. Thampi Antony, Prakash Bare, and Sharbani Mukherjee did the main roles in this film. The film has been distributed by Central Pictures. It is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave.^[1]

Plot[]

This film is a narrative by Sufi, a Muslim scholar.

Karthy belongs to a prestigious Hindu Tharavad. She falls in love with a Muslim trader named Mamootty and starts living in Mamootty's house after converting to Islam. But she doesn't give up her original beliefs of her original religion Hinduism. To save Karthy from the need to go to the temple, Mamootty builds one inside his house. When the local Muslim people came to know about this, they create problems and this forces the couple to move apart.

Cast[]

Sharbani Mukherjee as Karthi, Suhara
Thampi Antony as Sanku Menon
Prakash Bare as Mamootty
Jagathy Sreekumar as Avaru Musaliar
V. K. Sreeraman as Saidu Mullah
Babu Antony as Sufi
Augustine as Putthan Adhikari
Indrans as Velayi
Irshad as Beeran
Vineeth Kumar as Writer
Mullanezhi as Vaidyar
K. B. Venu as Kesava Menon
Aliyar
Samvrutha Sunil as Young woman at Jaram
Hima Shankar as Parukutty
Sona Nair as Beeyatthu
Geetha Vijayan as Meenakshi
Valsala Menon as Grandmother
Sunitha Nedungadi as Ayisha

Writing[]

Ramanunni says he had no intention of making the novel into a film. But producer, Kalam Karasseri, had wanted to do a film based on it for years and Ramanunni complied. Ramanunni says he has not deviated much from the novel and wrote the script with a lot of care as it dealt with a sensitive theme. "In order to enhance cinematic effects, only one small portion of the story has been done away with and the anti-colonial sentiments have been highlighted. The dialogues of the film celebrate the co-existence of different religions," says Ramanunni.^[2]

Awards[]

It was one of three Indian films selected for International competition section of the 2010 edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). It won four Kerala State Film Awards.

Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography - KG Jayan
Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics - Rafeeq Ahammed (Thekkini Kolaaya)
Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director - Mohan Sithara (Thekkini Kolaaya)
Kerala State Film Award for Best Processing - Chithranjali

Songs[]

The film has two songs written by Rafeeq Ahammed, with music by Mohan Sithara.

"Thekkini Kolaaya Chumaril": K. S. Chithra, Sunil. Mohan Sithara won the 2009 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director and Rafeeq Ahammed the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics for this song.
"Saayam Sandhye Neerum Thiri Pol": Latha Krishna

References[]

^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (19 December 2019). "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade: 'Premam', 'Maheshinte Prathikaram', 'Kumbalangi Nights' and more". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ Lekshmy Rajeev (25 February 2010). "Voice for Religious Unity". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

External links[]

[1] Nagarajan, Saraswathy (19 December 2019). "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade: 'Premam', 'Maheshinte Prathikaram', 'Kumbalangi Nights' and more". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[Lekshmy_Rajeev-2] Lekshmy Rajeev (25 February 2010). "Voice for Religious Unity". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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