Celluloid (film)

Celluloid is a 2013 Malayalam film written and directed by Kamal, starring Prithviraj, Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas and Chandni in the lead roles. The film is a biopic based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, the father of Malayalam cinema, the making of his film Vigathakumaran and the story of Vigathakumarans heroine P. K. Rosie. The film is particularly based on Life of J. C. Daniel, a biography of J. C. Daniel written by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan. Filming started in November 2012.The films online posters was done by a 16yearold boy Aswin which was viral in social medias. and it was released on February 2013. The film opened with positive reviews and received seven Kerala State Film Awards including for Best Film and Best Actor Prithviraj. The movie received a lot of awards and appreciations with the support of All Lights Film Services ALFS, a leading film festival consultancy.The film became a hit at the Box Office.

Prithviraj was selected to play the lead role in this film. It was then reported that Samvrutha Sunil will be playing the role of Janet, the wife of J.C. Daniel, which was supposed to be her last film before her marriage. But later Mamta Mohandas replaced her. Chandni, a singer who shot to fame through the reality show Josco Indian Voice, was selected to play the role of P. K. Rosie, Malayalam cinemas first heroine.The character of Dada Phalke was given to actor Nandu Madhav who had done the same role for the 2009 Marathi film Harishchandrachi Factory which itself dealt with the struggles in making the first Indian feature film Raja Harishchandra by Dada Phalke Sreenivasan enacts the role of Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan who worked and lobbied tirelessly to give Daniel his due in Kerala. The online posters for the film was done by aold boy Aswin Ks which was selected for promotion and wiki updates.Celluloid is the first film to have the youngest publicity designer.The film was shot at Thiruvananthapuram and Mysore. The film was dubbed to Tamil as J. C. Daniel and released in August 2013. ........

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