The seeds of cinema in Kerala were sown long before the first cameras arrived. Traditional art forms like (temple shadow puppetry) familiarized local audiences with the concept of projected images accompanied by music and storytelling.
"Because the love story is not about the woman's face. It is about the man's loneliness. And loneliness — real, quiet, everyday loneliness — is something our cinema understands better than most." The seeds of cinema in Kerala were sown
Rajan listened. He had grown up watching theyyam during the festival season in his mother's village in Kannur. He remembered the fire, the elaborate headgear, the way the dancer's eyes would widen and suddenly it was no longer a man but a deity staring back at you. the elaborate headgear