BHAGAVATHI KALAM - DOCUMENTARY - SHRUTHI SHARANYAM - RAKHI MENON - SUDEEP PALANAD

Kalam Pattu, one of the oldest performing art rituals of Kerala State, is one of a kind for its precision, methodology and it's rich and vivid colors and music. This art is performed as an offering to Goddess Kali (or other Dravidian deities) and thus is a unique form of Kali Worship. Kalam Pattu is performed by a group of people in the presence of an elaborate Kalam or Kolam (colorful dust illustration of Kali on the floor). The myriad of colors adorning Kalam that embodies different emotions of Goddess Kali has been prepared painstakingly by Kalam artists using organically prepared colour powders. Then the artists, surrounding this illustrations, sing eulogies of Kali (believed to have written during Sangam period). At the end of the performance, the artist himself cleans up the illustration with dance-like movements. This ephemeral quality of Kalam Pattu and labour and the art behind it make it a culturally significant art form from the whole of South India. This documentary explores two exemplary artists of Kalam Pattu - Puralippuram Narayanan Namboodiri and Kalamandalam Haridas Kurup and their art in detail

Concept & Direction : Shruthi Sharanyam
Produced by : Rakhi Menon
Music, Project and Sound Design : Sudeep Palanad
DOP : Anandu Madhu
2nd Unit Camera : Jishnu Sethumadhavan
Editor : Suhail Saay Mohammad
Colourist : Rashin Ahmed
Sound Recordist : Vishnu Raj
Music production, Vocal and Mixing : Sudeep Palanad
Illustration : Sayooj NR
Subtitles : Sowmya Radha Vidyadhar
Poster and Title Design : Manoj Ramamangalam
Publicity & Marketing : Huzefa Viramgamwala
Sound Studio : Samskara, Perinthalmanna
Edit Studio : Cut and Paste
Kalampaattu team : Achuthankutti Kurup, Jishnu Attoor
Melam : Thrithala Sreeni and Team.

Location courtesy :
Polika Folklore Centre, Mundekkad Mana, Koodalattupurath Mana, Panjal Temple, Attoor Temple

Featuring
Kalamandalam Haridas Kurup &
Puralippuram Narayanan Namboodiri

Special thanks to
Dr. Babu Mundekkad
Vijayakumari
Koodalattupuram Suresh
Sreedharan Mundayoor
Lakshmanan Puralippuram
Manoor Mohanakrishna Kurup
Muttathukaadu Raman
Palanad Vasudevan Namboodiri
Palanad Divakaran
Naveen Rudran Palolli
Vishnu Palolli
Unni Attoor
Perumana Aniyan

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