Images/Reflections

Images/Reflections
Directed by Girish Kasaravalli
Produced by Films Division of India
Based on Film-making career of Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Cinematography Sunny Joesph
Edited by Mohan Kamakshi
Release dates
  • April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13) (Bangalore)
Running time
88 mins
Country India
Language English

Images/Reflections is a documentary film on Adoor Gopalakrishnan directed by Girish Kasaravalli. The documentary was first screened in April 2015 in Bangalore.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The documentary portrays Gopalakrishnan's journey as a film director. The film begins with an evening scene depicting Gopalakrishnan lighting an oil lamp. A large portion of the documentary contains conversations/questions-answers between Kasaravalli and Gopalakrishnan. The career and works of Gopalakrishnan is divided into five parts ("chapters"): Kathapurushan (The man of the story), Mukhamukham (Face to face), Adoor Gopalakrishnan as seen by Naalu Pennungal (Four Women), Swayamvaram (Making one's own choices), and Anantharam (An Epilogue). The film also highlights and revisits a number of scenes from Gopalakrishnan's notable films.[1][2][3]

Making

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Films Division of India wanted to make a documentary on Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Girish Kasaravalli was asked to direct the film. It took more than a year to complete the shooting of the film. Many of the scenes were shot at Gopalakrishnan's house and in the places where Gopalakrishnan himself shot his movies. Kasaravalli commented on the movie title and film designing:[2]

The documentary is titled Images/Reflections. It is Adoor's images and my reflections or my images through the reflection of Adoor's images. I thought of creating a narrative using Adoor's images rearranged in my way--the compositions, the sound design, music, the pacing, etc. So, while I was writing the structure for my movie, it suddenly occurred to me that dividing the film into five parts, each one named after his movies, would bring out my intentions clearly.

Screening

The making of the documentary was completed in March 2015. On 13 April 2015, it was first screened in Bangalore, India.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kasaravalli's documentary on Adoor to be screened today". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Girish Kasaravalli reflects on Adoor's images in a new docu". HindustanTimes. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Kasaravalli's Film on Adoor Ready". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. "A(door) wide open". The Week. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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