Swayamvaram is a Malayalam feature film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Critically acclaimed upon release, the film marked Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s debut in feature film. The film starkly portrayed the middle class angst of the post-Nehruvian society and the transition of Kerala’s middle class into a modernist society. Although the economic and social crises of the middle class is pervasive in the film, the emphasis is on the existential problems at an ontological plain. This film marked a transition in Malayalam film aesthetic as it was the first break with social realism and an attempt to come to terms with the disillusionment in ideologies.

The film was shown at a number of film festivals around the world.
After eloping together, Vishwam, an aspiring writer on the hunt for a job, and Seeta arrive in a big city. Financial pressure leads to Vishwam and Seeta moving out of their home and seeking a cheaper place to stay. Eventually, as money becomes more tight, they both end up in a slum. Unable to hold on to a tutorial job, Vishwam soon finds work in a timber mill. Poverty begins to grip the family, and soon after the birth of a baby, Vishwam falls ill and dies. Seeta is left a lonely widow with her young child.

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Adoor’s second feature film made five years after Swayamvaram achieved commercial success in Kerala, while reaching an artistic height.

Its structure is that of a festival in a village temple. I wanted to create an intimate experience of everyday rural life. It is structured in such a way as to look natural, as if there are no outside interventions. During the course of the film, the festival comes full circle, parallel to it is the inner development of the character as well.

Shankaran Kutty lives a childish life even at his mid ages. He ignores his identity as a grown up individual and wanders without taking up any responsibilities and also without reacting to the insults by the society. It is the festive season, the drum beats at the temple, flying kite, and speeding up vehicles that attracts him the most. He begins to come to terms with real human relationships through an encounter with a truck driver.

The film unfolds at the slow, rhythmical pace of a village festival which provides the opening imagery of the tale. The main character’s maturation to adulthood draws parallels to the social and historical changes in Kerala.

Kodiyetam won the State award for the best film and the National award for best actor for Gopi in 1977.

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