Very often Indian cinema is mistaken to be Hindi Cinema or
Bollywood. Indian cinema is not a monolith, it is a panorama, a congregation
or a confluence of many regional films each having its own language and culture.
My attempt here is to provide a list of movies worth watching from each state/language of India. This list is not
a parallel cinema exclusive and has movies worth watching for their commercial
appeal too. The list is at times movies wise, director wise and actor wise in
each language and state. Though some of the directors are not mentioned in the list, their movie/s is/are in the must watch list.
State: KERALA
(language: MALAYALAM)
1.
DIRECTOR:
ARAVINDAN
a) VAASTUHAARA
b) CHIDAMBARAM
c) KAANCHANA
SITA
d) POKKUVEYIL
e) ESTHAPPAN
f) UTTARAYANAM
2.
DIRECTOR:
ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNAN
a) KODIYETTAM
b) VIDHEYAN
c) ELIPPATHTHAAYAM
d) MATHILUKAL
e) NIZHALKUTHU
f) SWAYAMVARAM
g) MUKHAMUKHAM
h) KATHAPURUSHAN
i) NAALU PENNUNGAL
3.
DIRECTOR:
PADMARAJAN
a) NAMUKKU
PAARKKAAN MUNTHIRITHOPPUKAL
b) SEASON
c) THOOVANATHUMPIKAL
d) NJAAN
GANDHARVAN
e) PERUVAZHIYAMBALAM
f) ORIDATHORU PHAYALVAAN
g) MOONNAM PAKKAM
4.
DIRECTOR:
BHARATHAN
a) VAISHAALI
b) THAAZHVAARAM
c) ORU
MINNAMINUNGINTE NURUNGUVATTAM
d) AMARAM
e) CHAMAYAM
f) MARMARAM
g) PRAYANAM
h) VENKALAM
5.
DIRECTOR:
LENIN RAJENDRAN
a) SWATHI
THIRUNAAL
b) MEENAMAASATHILE
SOORYAN
c) DAIVATHINTE
VIKRITHIKAL
d) MAZHA
e) RATHRI MAZHA
6.
DIRECTOR:
LOHITADAS
a) BHOOTHAKKANNAADI
b) KANMADAM
c) KASTHOORIMAAN
7.
DIRECTOR:
SIBI MALAYIL
a) HIS
HIGHNESS ABDULLAH
b) BHARATHAM
c) KAMALADALAM
d) DEVADOOTHAN
e) KIREEDAM
f) DASARATHAM
8.
DIRECTOR:
M.T.VASUDEVAN NAIR
a) NIRMAALYAM
b) KADAVU
c) ORU
CHERU PUNCHIRI
9.
DIRECTOR:
HARIHARAN
a) ORU
VADAKKAN VEERAGATHA
b) SARGAM
c) PAZHASSI
RAJA
d) PARINAYAM
10.
DIRECTOR:
RENJITH
a) THIRAKKATHA
b) PRANCHIYETTAN
AND THE SAINT
c) INDIAN
RUPEE
d) NJAN
e) KAYYOPPU
11.
DIRECTOR:
I.V. SASI
a) DEVASURAM
b) AALKOOTTATHIL
THANIYE
12.
DIRECTOR:
BLESSY
a) BHRAMARAM
b) THANMAATHRA
c) PRANAYAM
d) KAAZHCHA
13.
DIRECTOR:
SREENIVASAN
a) CHINTHAAVISHTAYAAYA
SHYAMALA
b) VADAKKUNOKKI
YANTHRAM
14.
DIRECTOR:
SATHYAN ANTHIKKAD
a) VARAVELPU
b) NAADODIKKAATTU
c) T.P.BALAGOPALAN
M.A.
d) GANDHI
NAGAR 2ND STREET
15.
DIRECTOR:
T.V.CHANDRAN
a) PONTHAN
MAADA
b) DANNY
c) MANKAMMA
d) KATHAVASHESHAN
e) MANGAMMA
16.
DIRECTOR:
ANJALI MENON
a) MANJAADIKKURU
17.
DIRECTOR:
R.SUKUMARAN
a) PAADAMUDRA
b) RAAJASHILPI
18.
DIRECTOR:
JOHN ABRAHAM
a) AGRAHAARATHIL
KAZHUTHA
b) AMMA
ARIYAAN
19.
DIRECTOR:
SHYAMAPRASAD
a) AGNISAAKSHI
b) ORE
KADAL
c) AKALE
20. DIRECTOR: K.G. GEORGE
a) SWAPNADANAM
b) IRAKAL
c) YAVANIKA
21. DIRECTOR: P.A.BACKER
a) MANIMUZHAKKAM
b) KABANI NADI CHUVANNAPPOL
22. DIRECTOR: K.S.SETHUMADHAVAN
a) OPPOL
b) MARUPAKKAM
c) ACHANUM BAPPAYUM
d) ODAYIL NINNU
23. DIRECTOR: SHAJI.N.KARUN
a) PIRAVI
b) KUTTY SRANK
c) VANAPRASTHAM
d) SWAHAM
24. DIRECTOR: P.T.KUNJU MUHAMMED
a) MAGRIB
b) GARSHOME
c) PARADESHI
25. DIRECTOR: P.N.MENON
a) OLAVUM THEERAVUM
b) GAYATHRI
c) KUTTYEDATHI
MUST WATCH FILMS:
1. CHEMMEEN
2. PERUMTHACHCHAN
3. ORE THOOVAL PAKSHIKAL
4. KUMARA
SAMBHAVAM
5. SARASAYYA
6. SAYAHNAM
7. KAZHAKAM
8. PURUSHAARTHAM
9. SESHAM
10. IRUTTINTE
AATHMAAVU
11. AAKASHAGOPURAM
12. NOTTAM
13. VEETTILEKKULLA
VAZHI
14. PHOTOGRAPHER
15. MANICHITHRATHAAZHU
16. TRAFFIC
17. GRANDMASTER
18. VELLAANAKALUDE
NAADU
19. MARGAM
20. CHAANAKYAN
21. ATAYALANGAL
22. AARAAM
THAMPURAN
23. VAATSALYAM
24. ARABIKKATHA
25. KERALA
CAFÉ
26. KEERTHI
CHAKRA
27. USTAAD
HOTEL
28. UDAYANAANU
THAARAM
29. PAITHRUKAM
30. DRISHTAANTHAM
31. AADAMINTE
MAKAN ABU
32. CELLULOID
33. DRISHYAM
34. APOTHECARY
35. NORTH 24 KAATHAM
36. THULAABHAARAM
37. YATHRA
38. SOORYA GAYATHRI
39. AYITHAM
40. CR No: 89
41. DRISHTANTHAM
42. GODFATHER
43. KARUNAM
44. PONNAPURAM KOTTA.
45. BHARGAVI NILAYAM
46. PAKSHE
47. MUKHAM
48. SWAROOPAM
49. NEYTHUKAARAN
50. UPPU
51. PERARIYATHAVAR
52. GADDAMA
53. GURU
54. BYARI
55.SAMAANTHARANGAL
56. THALAPPAVU
57. OZHIMURI
58. KALIYAATTAM
59. AYANAM
60. 101 CHODYANGAL
61. DESHADANAM
62. YODHA
63. ULSAVAPPITTENNU
64. ANNAYUM RASOOLUM
65. 1983
66. NADI (directed by Vincent)
67. ULLADAKKAM
68. AYALUM NJANUM THAMMIL
69. NEELAKUYIL
70. PUNARADHIVASAM
POPULAR ACTORS: MOHANLAL, MAMMOOTTY
MOHANLAL’S MUST WATCH:
1. VAANAPRASTHAM
2. SPADIKAM
3. KAMALADALAM
4. BHRAMARAM
5. DEVASURAM
6. IRUVAR
(TAMIL)
7. THANMAATHRA
8. KIREEDAM
9. NO.20
MADRAS MAIL
10. THENMAAVIN KOMBATH
11. KILUKKAM
12. SADAYAM
13. HIS HIGHNESS ABDULLAH
14. KAALAPANI
MAMMOOTTY’S MUST
WATCH:
1. ORU
VADAKKAN VEERAGATHA
2. VIDEHYAN
3. BHOOTHAKKANNADI
4. AMARAM
5. PONTHAN
MAADA
6. THANIYAAVARTHANAM
7. VAATSALYAM
8. SUKRUTHAM
---- by
Santhosh Kumar Kana
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