Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Pandavapuram

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Jul 17, 2012, 8:01:13 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Pandavapuram

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+'''Pandavapuram'''
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+1986 93’ col Malayalam
+d/p/co-sc G.S. Panicker pc Neo Films
+st/co-sc Sethu c Diwakar Menon m Mohan
+lp Jamila, Appu, James, Master Deepak
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+
+Based on Sethu’s magic-realist novel adapted
+by the author to the screen, the film refuses to
+make clear distinctions between quasi-realist,
+fantastic and symbolic registers of fiction. It
+tells of a woman teacher in her 30s, Devi
+(Jamila), whose young son keeps asking
+questions about his absent father. Devi often
+loses herself in fantasies which appear to come
+true. She spends much time on the station
+platform of the small village, awaiting the
+arrival of a man from Pandavapuram (it is left
+unclear whether such a place exists). Someone
+turns up called Jaran (Appu), meaning ‘lover’.
+Jaran claims to know her and to want to renew
+their friendship. As the villagers, and especially
+Devi’s friend Unni (James), put pressure on
+Jaran to leave, Devi locks him in her house.
+One night, dressed in red, she frenziedly rapes
+him claiming to be the avenging goddess
+Durga. The morning after, Jaran vanishes and
+everybody claims no such man ever arrived in
+the village. Devi then recommences her ritual
+of waiting on the station platform.
+
+[[Film]]