Vrithakrithyilulla Chathuram

Vrithakrithiyilulla Chathuram[1] (transl.A Minor Inconvenience) is a 2020 Indian Black dramedy Malayalam Feature film directed by Krishand[2] R K. The film follows the story of an introvert Manilal Ramachandran and his reactions to the death of his father.

Vrithakrithiyilulla Chathuram
Directed byKrishand R K
Produced byKrishand R K, Ambu R, Gokul Rajagopal
Written byKrishand R K, Ajit K Haridas
Starring
  • Rahul Rajagopal
  • Sreenath Babu
  • Jeevan Mammen
Music byAjmal Hasbulla
CinematographyKrishand R K
Edited byRakesh Cherumadam
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Vrithakrithiyilulla Chathuram had its world premiere at the 24th International Film Festival of Kerala [3][4][5] where it was screened in the International Competition Section.[6] The only other Malayalam film to make it to this section in the same year was Jallikattu a film by Lijo Jose Pellissery. The movie[7] was also in FIPRESCI List of 40 Indian films.

Plot

Manilal Ramachandran[8] is an introvert and a socially inept person. He works in Seoul , South Korea. As he is busy preparing for an interview for promotion he gets the news of his father's demise. The sudden news of his father's death did not conjure anything ‘usual’ in him. He wasn't sad, or nostalgic. He was miffed. It was an inconvenience, irksome. He was faced with distortions in his inflexible adherence to routine life. He returns to his native to find that his father's death is not about ordinary departure but leftover inconveniences.

In his hometown Thiruvananthapuram he has to deal with his relatives and resident association members. Everyone immediately is trying to put him in a loop of chores where he has to go through nightmarish social responsibilities. To escape from these responsibilities Mani cycles away only to confront worse scenarios and eventually make a tryst with grief.

Cast

  • Rahul Rajagopal as Manilal Ramachandran
  • Sreenath Babu as Rakesh Sujindran
  • Jeevan Mammen as Stephen Cab driver
  • Saritha Kukku as Nalini Chinchu
  • Pirapancode Shantha as Smitha Aunty
  • Vinod Balan Sajindran as Mamen
  • Mini S K as geetha aunty
  • Ajayaghosh as Vishnu Chandran
  • Surjith Gopinath as Ramachandran
  • Prashanth Alexander as SI Rajesh
  • Kochu Preman as Rajappan Holiyappa
  • Zhinz Shan as Mridulan

Crew

Crew Details
Director Krishand R K
Producers Krishand RK, Ambu R, Gokul Rajagopal
Scriptwriters Krishand RK, Ajit K Haridas
Editor Rakesh Cherumadam
Music Ajmal Hasbulla
Sound Designer Sam Santhosh
Art Director Hamza Vallithode
Costume Design and Styling Syama Bindu
DI Coloring Azif Ismail
Sound Mixing Prasanth P Menon
Chief Associate Director Vysakh Reetha[9]
Lyrics Joe Paul
Vocals Mehraj, Soumya Sanathanan, Harish Sivaramakrishnan
Post production studio Neelavelicham Studios

Reception

The movie was received with a critical acclaim at IFFK. Director Kamal called this film ‘a finding in Malayalam cinema’[10] in an interview with Mathrubhumi. Veteran director K. P. Kumaran called the movie ‘a product of hardwork and dedication addressing a modern problem ‘. Raman Chawla FIPRESCI member and Senior Vice President at Osian's Connoisseurs called it “Quirky and Unconventional’. The Indian Express review went on to say that the film is ‘Poetically captured’. Director T. V. Chandran called the film ‘crazy, beserk [sic?] and very contemporary’.

References

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