KAMAL'S FILM--A POEM IN CELLULOID
Kamal’s film CELLULOID is a poem in the reels. It enchanted me from the very first scene to the last, as it unfolded the life history of J.C Daniel, the first one to champion the cause of a movie in Kerala’s soil. Every great move is a big sacrifice, but in Daniel’s life it was a sacrifice only as it spoiled his whole life. His pioneering Movie ‘VIGATHA KUMARAN’ tells the story of a lost child. But this film is centred around a few persons who virtually lost their lives in the process of making a cinema- Daniel, Janet, Rosy etc. Rosy’s case was most pathetic and tragic—the first woman movie actor in Kerala was crucified in the name of her caste and colour.
Kamal’s film CELLULOID is a poem in the reels. It enchanted me from the very first scene to the last, as it unfolded the life history of J.C Daniel, the first one to champion the cause of a movie in Kerala’s soil. Every great move is a big sacrifice, but in Daniel’s life it was a sacrifice only as it spoiled his whole life. His pioneering Movie ‘VIGATHA KUMARAN’ tells the story of a lost child. But this film is centred around a few persons who virtually lost their lives in the process of making a cinema- Daniel, Janet, Rosy etc. Rosy’s case was most pathetic and tragic—the first woman movie actor in Kerala was crucified in the name of her caste and colour.
Art is supposed to bring all purusharthas to the one who weds it. But here it was just the opposite. All the heroes and heroines suffered the fate of Prometheus. But at last, Kamal has given them a re-birth. Finally art justified itself.
Dr. Abraham Karickam
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