A
ce cinematographer and director
Santosh Sivan will take
Malayalam cinema to the
international audience with the
magnum opus, Urumi. The title of the film comes with the tagline,
The boy who wanted to kill
Vasco Da Gama. Prithviraj, Genelia D'Souza, Vidya
Balan, Arya, Prabhu Deva, Tabu
(in a guest appearance) and
Nithya Menon form the film's
main cast.
Santosh Sivan makes
Malayalam cinema global
"W
hen you see the film, you'll see
that we have deliberately
stayed away from putting in
nativity, especially with
architecture and costumes, as we wanted to give it the feel of
a pan-India film. We wanted the
film to be related by audience
who are not familiar with the
peculiar Kerala symbols like
'nalukettu' or 'kasavu mundu' and so on," Prithviraj says. "With the kind of budget with
which the film has been made, it
can be worked around is by
making it appealing to people
outside Kerala as well," he
added. "We plan to take the film across the country and across
the globe. It is a huge film and a
visual extravaganza."
Santosh Sivan makes
Malayalam cinema global
U
rumi's story is set in the 16th
century and revolves around a
hero named Chirakkal Kelu
Nayanar (Prithviraj). A brave warrior, his target is to
kill Vasco da Gama, the Viceroy
of Portuguese Empire in India.
The film is spread between the
second and third visit of Gama
to India and chronicles a varied version of how Gama could have
met a bloody death in 1524 AD. The golden Urumi with Kelu
Nayanar has been made from
the ornaments of the dead
women and children who were
burnt alive in the massacre of a
Mecca Ship 'Miri', commanded to be set on fire and drowned by
Vasco da Gama during his second
visit to Kerala in 1502 AD. Kelu
plots against the mighty empire
and his efforts to organise a
revolt become the first of its kind movement against the first
Colonial advance in India.
Santosh Sivan makes
Malayalam cinema global
G
enelia D'souza plays Ayesha, a
Muslim warrior princess from the
well-known Arackal Sultanat. Prabhu Deva does the role of
Vavvali, who supports Kelu
Nayanar. Vidya Balan comes in as Neeli
while Arya is playing Chirakkal
Kothuwal. Santosh Sivan has earlier
directed a Malayalam film
Ananthabhadram. He has also
directed films like The Terrorist,
Asoka, Before the rains and
Tahaan among others.
Santosh Sivan makes
Malayalam cinema global
Santosh Sivan makes
Malayalam cinema global
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