Screening

On 28th of this month In Search of Narayani will be screened infront of cream audience at Perumbavoor. All are welcome

Screening

January 21st is the birthday of the veteran writer Sri. Vaikom Muhammed Basheer. Kozhikodu Bank Employees' Cultural organization will screen In Search of Narayani at Kozhikodu Town Hall on that day at 6.00 p.m. Basheer's family and other distinguished guests will participate in the function. All are welcome.

Crew

Direction           : Sajin P. J.

Script              : Dr. V. C. Harris, Sajin P. J.

Producer            : Cheri Jacob K.

Cinematography, Editing : Sreejith M. K.

Music               : Bijibal

Music Arranger      : Chakrapani

Associate Director  : Jayan K. G.

Production Controller   : Anu Asharaf

Note on the Director

Sajin P. J

Born in Velichiyani, Kottayam District, Kerala State on 1982 March 17. Completed B.A and M.A and currently doing Ph.D in School Of Letters under the supervision of Prof. Dr. P. P. Raveendran. He did two short films and In Search of Narayani is his third creative venture. Yes!(2005), a sort film focusing on the educational issues of a Dalit Christian girl student, is his first directorial venture. His second short One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Once I caught a Fish Alive (2007), a short mobile film about a small child got the award for the second best short film in CUSAT Mobile film contest. His future projects include two full length features and two documentaries. He is currently working on a documentary on ‘Death’.

Synopsis

 

IN SEARCH OF NARAYANI

A journey in search of a literary character may look a bit odd, but here it becomes a fascinating foray into the inscrutable complexities of reality and fiction. There’s history, there’s personal experience, there’s fiction, and there’s film and theatre, all rolled into one in the heart of the reader/spectator. In Search of Narayani is all about finding out the how and why of this mesmerizing phenomenon. All in relation to Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s unforgettable character Narayani in his unforgettable novella, Mathilukal (The Walls).

Journeys begin from history, and history from journeys. Even while they end up as a realisation, journeys have as their constant companion nothing but uncertainty. Whatever decisions or precautions are taken in advance, it is this uncertainty that keeps company with the traveller at every bend and turn. A writer who spent much of his life travelling far and wide. As he comes back he is full of stories. A man who calls himself a humble historian. An invisible woman character created by such a man. This journey is in search of her.