Kanchivaram
Kanchivaram Tamil is a 2008 National award winning Tamil drama film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Prakash Raj and Shriya Reddy in the lead roles and has the musical score by M. G. Sreekumar, cinematography by Thiru, editing by Arun Kumar, and art direction by Sabu Cyril.The audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The movie depicts the pitiable state of the silk weavers in the town of Kanchipuram as they were unorganized and marginalized to live a perpetual handtomouth existence. The movie depicts their struggles and ends with a comment about the cooperative movement that emerged to take care of the interests of the workers.
Vengadam Prakash Raj has been released from jail in 1948. He is only being escorted for two days the reason not revealed back to his hometown of Kanchipuram. He is being transported under the custody of two policemen on a bus from the jail. As the journey takes place, Vengadam recalls his past symbolically as several events that occur in the bus remind him of his past.Vengadam is a silk weaver in the town of Kanchivaram, and has just recently got married with Shreya Reddy. He had vowed once that he will only wed a woman wearing a silk saree, but had to settle for normalcy as he unable to garner enough savings to buy one. ........
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