Another notable film at that time was Bhargavi Nilayam which was directed by A Vincent who had done various other films like Murapennu, Nagarame Nandi, Asuravithu and Thulabharam. The first Malayalam color film was Kandam Bacha Coat, which has the theme of social drama and was released in 1961. A famous novel by Takazhi Shivashankara Pillai i.e. The famous films during the late 1950s were ‘Minnaminingu’ and ‘Rarichhan enna Pouran’. The Growth: 1960sįollowing the success of Neelakuyil, many films depicting life of villagers started to be produced. This film was done by a group of college students and all the technical works were done by amateur students. In 1955, Newspaper Boy directed by P& Ramadas, was released which reflected neo-realism in cinema. The first film to be shot at outdoors was Neelakuyil. The music had original Malayalam tunes and the songs were influenced by folk music. The theme of this film was the issue of untouchability that existed during those times in the society. NeelakuyilĪ film which had a good story line was Neelakuyil and was written by the famous writer Uroob and directed by P Bhaskaran and Ramu Karyat. The success of this film also bought disadvantages to the Malayalam cinema because for a long time the rest of the films made were also of the same genre and it lacked creativity. This film was considered as the first super hit in Malayalam as a result of which Thikkurishi Sukumaran Nair became the first ‘superstar’ of Malayalam cinema. The film was mainly attracted by the women audience. It was a dramatic musical film and the story was that of the problems existing in joint families. Successful Malayalam Cinemas of the Early Period JeevithanoukaĪ film that marked the turning point was Jeevithanouka.

Even then the Malayalam films released were very few in numbers at the rate of one film per year or less. By this time many Keralites entered into film industry.

A film studio was started during those times in Kerala and was named Udaya. The first talkie movie released was Balan in the year 1938. Some legal issues prevented it from being released. In 1933, came the second film named Marthanda Varma which was produced by B V Rao. Vigathakumaran was the first Malayalam movie which was a silent film. Tamil films were always a favorite of Malayalee audience because of the similarities in the culture of the two states. In the beginning only Tamil, Hindi and English films were played even though Tamil films dominated in Kerala. Similar cinema halls were then set up in various other cities of Kerala also. In 1913, electrically operated film projector was established by Jose Kattukkaran and came to be called as the ‘Jose Electrical Bioscope’. Kerala’s first cinema hall was established in 1907 in Trichur by K.W.Joseph and also had a manually operated film projector.

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