The
eight-day
International
Film
Festival
of
Kerala
2022
concluded
in
Thiruvananthapuram
on
Friday,
on
which
day
the
best
films
and
best
filmmakers
were
also
announced.
The
Bolivian
film
Utama,
directed
by
Alejandro
Loayza
Grisi
bagged
the
Suvarna
Chakora
award,
while
Mahesh
Naratanan's
Ariyippu
received
the
Netpac
award
for
the
best
Malayalam
film,
which
was
screened
during
the
festival.
Lijo
Jose
Pellissery's
Nanpakal
Nerathu
Mayakkam
received
the
audience
poll
award.
Ahead
of
the
announcement
of
movies
that
bagged
the
awards,
as
many
as
15
movies
were
screened
on
the
closing
day
of
the
festival.
This
includes
Jafar
Panahi’s
No
Bears,
Opium,
Paloma,
Promise
Me
This,
and
The
Novelists
Film.
On
the
closing
day,
delegates
were
allowed
to
watch
movies
without
reservation.
Everything
to
know
about
Nanpakal
Nerathu
Mayakkam
Speaking
of
the
Malayalam
movies
that
received
awards,
Nanpakal
Nerathu
Mayakkam
is
a
Tamil-Malayalam
bilingual
drama,
which
was
premiered
at
the
festival.
The
film
stars
Mammooty
and
Ramya
Pandiyan
of
Tamil
Bigg
Boss
fame
in
the
lead
roles.
The
film
marked
the
first
collaboration
between
Mammootty
and
Jose
Pellissery
after
years
of
speculations
and
reports.
Being
bankrolled
by
the
veteran
actor
under
his
newly-formed
production
house,
Mammootty
Kampany,
Nanpakal
Nerathu
Mayakkam
(which
loosely
translates
to
"daydreaming")
had
its
script
penned
by
Hareesh.
Everything
about
Ariyippu
On
the
other
hand,
Ariyippu
featuring
Kunchacko
Boban,
Divya
Prabha,
Danish
Husain,
Loveleen
Mishra,
and
Faizal
Malik
in
pivotal
roles
was
directed
by
Mahesh
Narayanan.
The
film
is
produced
by
Shebin
Backer,
under
the
banner
of
Shebin
Backer
Productions,
Kunchacko
Boban
under
the
banner
of
Kunchacko
Boban
Productions
and
Mahesh
Narayanan
himself
under
the
Moving
Narratives
banner.
Other
Malayalam
movies
that
were
screened
during
the
festival
are,
Vannavar,
Kamal
K
M’s
Pada,
Pratheesh
Prasad’s
Normal,
Aravind
H’s
Great
Depression,
Rarish
G's
Vettapattikalum
Ottakkarum,
Sidharth
Siva’s
Aanu,
Satheesh
and
Santhosh
Babusenan’s
Barthavum
Bharyayum
Maricha
Randumakkalum,
Priyanandan
T
Rs
Dhabari
Kuravi,
Freedom
Fight
and
19
(A)(1)
to
name
a
few.
Meanwhile,
a
couple
of
days
back
police
have
registered
a
case
against
a
few
audiences
those
who
protested
at
the
venue.
The
protest
started
when
some
audience
did
not
find
enough
place
at
Nanpakal
Nerathu
Mayakkam.