Kaliyachan

Kaliyachan English The Master of the Play is a 2015 Malayalam drama film directed by Farook Abdulrahiman in his directorial debut. It starred Manoj K. Jayan, Tirtha Murbadkar, Vaiga, Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri, Babu Namboothiri, Manju Pillai, and Mani Pattambi in lead roles. The story about a Kathakali actor and his guru is based on celebrated 1959 poem Kaliyachan by P. Kunhiraman Nair.

The film is about the Kathakali actor, Kunhiraman, and his relationship with his guru, Asan. Over the years, as the actor gets popular, he becomes arrogant and takes to confronting his guru.Having grown up in the Palakkad in Kerala, where the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair lived, director AbdulRahiman was familiar with the subject. He has been working as film director with staterun Doordarshan TV channel since 1984, where he has made awardwinning telefilms like Thunchath Acharyan 1995 and Swathanthryathinte Chirakadiyochakal 2000. Initially, the director had planned an autobiographical film on the poet, titled Kaviyude Kalpadulal Footprints of a Poet later he shifted to adapting the poem Kaliyachan, which has autobiographical elements in it. The script was writtenyears ago with actor Manoj K. Jayan in mind as the protagonist. Howvever, for several years, the director was unable to find a producer. Finally the governmentowned National Film Development Corporation of India NFDC agreed to produce the film. ........

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