Sufi
Paranja
Katha
(What
the
Sufi
said),
the
third
venture
of
director
Priyanandanan,
began
on
December
7th
in
Ottappalam,
Palakkad.
Priyanandanan
was
honoured
with
the
best
feature
film
award
for
his
second
venture
Pulijanmam
at
the
recent
National
Film
Awards.
An
adaptation
of
famous
Malayalam
writer
K.P.
Ramanunni's
first
novel
with
the
same
title
(which
won
the
Kerala
Sahitya
Akademi
award
and
Edasseri
award),
the
film
is
set
in
Northern
Kerala
in
the
early
nineteenth
century.
Sufi
Paranja
Katha
is
the
fascinating
story
of
the
subtle
relationships
existing
between
Hindu
and
Muslim
families
during
that
period.
The
plot
develops
around
the
marriage
between
Mammootty,
a
Muslim,
and
Sharbani
Mukherjee,
a
Hindu.
Karthy
(Sharbani
Mukherjee)
hails
from
a
Nair
family
and
converts
to
Islam
after
marriage.
But
she
is
still
unable
to
resist
the
customs
and
longings
of
her
original
religion.
The
message
of
Sufi
Paranja
Katha?
No
one
is
free
from
his
or
her
cultural
heritage
of
generations,
irrespective
of
the
religion
that
one
chooses
in
adulthood.
Other
cast
members
include
Babu
Antony,
Innocent,
Jagathy,
Mullanezhi,
Thambi
Antony,
Indrans,
Mala
Aravindan,
Vineeth
Kumar,
Manikandan,
Samvritha
and
Sona
Nair.
Script
and
dialogues
are
handled
by
the
novelist
himself,
while
camera
is
by
Hari
Nair.
Produced
by
Kayal
Films
in
association
with
US-based
Silicon
Media,
the
movie
is
expected
to
be
released
by
Vishu
next
year.