Perumthachan (film)

Perumthachan literally The Master Carpenter is a Kerala State Film Award winning film released in 1991. This film was also nominated for the Golden Leopard Award. It is a story of the legend Perumthachan Thilakan, a carpenter and his son, the problems caused by the generation gap are explored in the relationship between a skilled carpenter and his traditionbreaking son.

In this Indian story, based on a Kerala legend, a pious and selfdisciplined master carpenter of a supposedly mixedcaste background, moves easily in his world, building temples and then carving the stone statues which embellish them. He is at home in his traditional world, is at peace with his inner self and the social mores of the time. By way of contrast, he begets a son who is of rebellious nature and questioning of the traditional social hierarchies of the time. He falls in love with the daughter of a royal household which ultimately leads to his demise.Raman Perumthachan Thilakan is unsurpassed as a woodcarver, sculptor and architect and his creations were so exquisite that he was regarded a reincarnation of the architect of the gods.He was also a man of great erudition. Though brought up as a carpenter, he was alluded to be the son of a Brahmin. Perumthachan himself doubted this supposition and in one part of the film he smiles approvingly when his son suggests to him that perhaps the made up story about his Brahmanical antecedents was a ruse by the uppercastes to lay claim to some of his ability and prestige. ........

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