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Krappum Kuruppum (Krapp and Kurup)

40 mnts Malayalam Short film with English subtitles.

Synopsis

This film may be designated as a curious mix of Theatre, Memory, and Cinema. It charts the reminiscences of Kurup, an elderly loner, who gets to watch a Malayalam rendition of the famed play by Samuel Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape, by Dr. V.C. Harris, in a local school hall. Kurup intensely relates to the theme of love, loss and loneliness, and as he goes back into his memories, he feels that there indeed is a curious similarity between the play and the emotions he recorded long ago in a dairy. To discuss this issue of uncanny alikeness he goes in search of Dr. Harris, the actor who brought Krapp alive on stage...The film attains a meta-textual resonance in that this whole quest is being made into a film, right within this film! Also, the strand of Manichean philosophy that is an intrinsic part of interpretations of Krapp’s Last Tape has been woven into the film diegesis as a vital undercurrent.

Actors: Dr.V.C.Harris, P.Balachandran, Navas K.Ali, Richu Achuthan, Syam Mohan, Josy Joseph et al. Production: Al Alimon Scenes, Camera: Jino Sam Panayil Editing: Dawn Antony, Background Music: Biju Varghese, Art: Ranganath Muttom, Make Up: George Aasaan, Associate Director: Cheri Jacob K.

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Direction: Dr. AJU K.NARAYANAN