Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals

SYNOPSISNAALU PENNUNGAL(Four Women)35mm/colour/Malayalam/105 minutes/ESTA film about four women- each coming from a differentsocial stratum:A prostitute gives up her profession to lead a normal life withher lover but the law of the land catches up as they fail toproduce evidence of their matrimony.The second is a farm-worker whom her parents marry off toa petty shop-keeper. The bridegroom strangely avoids anyintimacy with her. Eventually, she is taken back to her parents.There is no explanation given for his abandoning her but scandalsstart circulating.The third is a housewife who is visited by a senior class-mateof hers. The two reminisce old days of small adventures andfrolics and also ponder over her being childless. He has a solutionfor her who he thinks is vulnerable…The last story, the Spinster, is about a middle class girl whois already past her marriageable age. Her widowed mother whoruns the house with four children to look after, tries her best tofind a boy for her. Strangely no proposal seems to work.Eventually all her younger siblings settle down in life. With thedeath of her mother she finds herself alone. Now she has tomake a choice of her own.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Screenplayand Direction :Cinematography:Editing :Music :Cast:Contact:ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNANAdoor Gopalakrishnan ProductionsAdoor GopalakrishnanM J RadhakrishnanB Ajith KumarIssac ThomasNandita Das, Padma Priya, GeethuMohan Das, Manju Pillai, Lalita, Murali,Mukesh, Ravi Vallathol, M R GopakumarAdoor Gopalakrishnan Productions,Darsanam, Trivandrum, Kerala - 695017,India.Phone: (+91) (471)2446567, (+91)(471)2425239 Fax: (+91)(487) 2425241Adoor Gopalakrishnan was born in 1941.He started acting on the amateur stage at theearly age of eight and went on to write, produceand direct over twenty plays during his studentdays. A graduate in Political Science andEconomics, he graduated from the FilmInstitute of India in 1965. He has scripted anddirected ten feature films and more than twodozen Shorts and Documentaries. His first film, Swayamvaramwent on to win national awards for best film, best director, bestcameraman and best actress setting a record of sorts. His film,40 41