“The
attitude
of
Malayalam
film
distributors
and
exhibitors
to
accept
only
other
language
films,
which
have
commercial
value
at
the
box
office,
should
change.
Only
then
the
Malayalam
cinema
will
progress," said
noted
director
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan.
He
was
inaugurating
the
fifth
Thrissur
International
Film
Festival
at
Thrissur
on
Thursday
Sept
2).
Even
the
Government
owned
theatres
do
not
promote
good
films.
The
new
comers
are
facing
this
reality.
Better
films
made
by
newcomers
should
reach
theatres.
Exhibitors
and
distributors
should
not
reject
these
works
in
favour
of
commercial
interests.
Usually
exhibitors
ask
what
is
a
film
without
stars,
songs
and
stunt
scenes.
That
notion
is
wrong.
Good
films
play
an
important
artistic
role.
Good
works
are
the
result
of
fathoming
the
depth
of
their
inquisition.
Those
films
should
be
encouraged
and
there
should
be
the
thrust
to
raise
the
standard
of
films
to
International
level.
But
the
campaign
for
better
cinema
should
not
end
with
festivals,
he
added.
Actor
Innocent,
who
was
the
special
guest
of
the
function
said,
“It
is
pathetic
to
find
that
the
viewers
are
moving
to
a
different
direction
of
entertainment
that
it
would
be
a
tiresome
task
to
lead
them
back
to
good
films."
The
Japanese
Wife,
directed
by
Aparna
Sen,
was
the
inaugural
film.
Firaque,
Charulatha,
13
Meter
Square,
The
Investigator
and
Kagaz
Ke
Phool
were
also
screened.
Mayor
R.
Bindu
presided
over
the
function.
District
Panchayat
President
Ambadi
Venu
released
the
festival
book
by
handing
it
over
to
script
writer
Premlal.
K.L.
Jose
introduced
the
festival
programme.
MLAs
Therambil
Ramakrishnan,
Babu
M.
Palisseri,
V.S.
Sunil
Kumar,
K.V.
Abdul
Khader,
director
Sathyan
Anthikad,
actor
V.K.
Sreeraman,
U.
Radhakrishnan,
K.M.
Madhusoodhanan,
Deputy
Mayor
M.
Vijayan
and
I.P.
Paul
spoke
at
the
event.