Kanchivaram
Kanchivaram is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language period drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Prakash Raj and Shriya Reddy and has music by M. G. Sreekumar, cinematography by Tirru, 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 ‘hand-to-mouth’ 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.
Plot
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.
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| author | Priyadarshan |
|---|---|
| award | National Film Award for Best Feature Film |
| contentLocation | Tamil Nadu |
| director | Priyadarshan |
| editor | Arun Kumar Aravind |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | armed forces begin brand british communism communist dead body dead daughter freeze frame german hunt id kanchipuram kill laugh learn married mentally unstable prakash rai present day presidencies and provinces of british india silk saree silk weaver smuggle street theatre string suffer zamindar |
| musicBy | M. G. Sreekumar |
| producer | Bhushan Kumar Shailendra Singh |
| productionCompany | Four Frames Pictures Percept Picture Company |