The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today announced the 70th edition of the National Film Awards. Several films from the south shone at the awards. Films that were certified in 2022 were eligible for the awards. Nithya MenenManasi Parekh and Rishab Shetty took top honours for acting, Malayalam film ‘Aattam’ bagged the Best Feature Film award.
Even though the film was made on a shoestring budget, “Aattam” made a huge impact among movie buffs when it released last year. The film gained a larger audience after its OTT release earlier this year. And now the film has received a major nomination from the National Film Award jury. “Aattam”, directed by Anand Ekarshi, won three awards – Best Film, Best Editing and Best Screenplay.
`Aattam` is loosely based on the popular American courtroom drama `Twelve Angry Men`. The film won the 2023 Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles. It was also chosen as the opening feature at the 54th International Film Festival of India held in Goa. After a successful run at the festival in 2023, the film was released theatrically in January 2024. However, the release was limited but the praise was immense. Hence, when it was released on OTT, more and more people started enjoying the brilliance of the film.
Plot:
The film revolves around a group of theatre artists who are shaken and divided when the sole actress accuses a popular movie star of sexual harassment. The movie star had recently joined their theatre group. The actress confides the incident to a man in the group with whom she is in a relationship. He encourages her to talk about it with the team leader. Eventually, the group learns of the incident and all give their support. However, support is divided when the accused actor presents a possible opportunity to internationalize his play. Unaware of the accusation, the actor happily introduces the team leader to foreigners who expressed interest in supporting his play and taking it across Europe.
With this new information, some members of the group begin to withdraw their support for the victim and start to question her version, which leads to intense discussions, conspiracies and intrigues among the members of the theatre group.
The climax of the film takes the cake and is what makes the journey worthwhile. You can watch the film on Prime Video and it is worth every minute you spend watching this masterpiece.
Directed and written by debutant Anand Ekarshi, the film stars Vinay Forrt, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Zarin Shihab, Aji Thiruvamkulam, Jolly Antony, Madan Babu K, Nandhan Unni, Prasanth Madhavan, Sanosh Murali, Santhosh Piravom, Selvaraj Raghavan VR, Sijin Sijeesh, Sudheer Babu.
The film was edited by Mahesh Bhuvanend, who also won the award. National Award for his work.
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