Bayanagam ...2018 Malayalam film which got National award for best Director
Best Cinematography and Best Actor .
Bayanagam means fear and its in series of films on Navarasa by ace Director Jayaraj .
Its based on a part of the big epic Kayaru by famous novelist Thakazhi Sivasankara Pilla who recieved jnanmpith award and several more.
Its based on Kuttanad the rice bowl of Kerala and a waterworld where one can reach places only by row boats in the days the film is based on .
Its all about the two world wars which actually did not affect south india much though Kuttanad had several recruits to the British Army to face their abject poverty.
More than 650 die in a war fought for someone else .
Film starts post first world war with an army retired postman on crutches having lost use of one leg rowing into a village to take up his job as a postman who is the only link of communication with rest of country bringing good and bad news .
He stays in a house with a lady whose two sons has gone to fight the war .
The postman brings letters from all the sons in distant vilages reads it to iliterate villagers and money orders paid as coins and rows backin his boat .
But as war continues he brings them telegrams from the army to convey the bad news of death to the houses .
He is hated now and even harmed though he persists and plods on sincerly .
He tries to hide the tragic news of death of both children of his lady friend as he finds it difficult to convey the truth to her .
The sombre film is photographed with excellence in sepia tone .
The background music stands out in its moody genre to me a bit like that of film Dunkirk called Sheppards effect .
Music Director Arjunan master the veteran creates a lovely song probably his last .
Sreekumaran thampi wrote the lyrics .
Renjith panicker actor script writer plays the postman is at his careers best portraying the plight of the postman which is fear and terror of the times.
Asha Sarath the lady tries to be chirpy for long finally sad probably guessing something was seriously wrong .
A headless coconut tree reflected in the backwaters with a sad postman in a silhoutte ends it all picture postcard as a brilliant creative effort
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