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Title

Adoor, a journey in frames / director, narrator, & executive producer, Rajiv Mehrotra ; a Mediart film ; produced by External Publicity Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

Publication

New Delhi : External Publicity Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• India. External Publicity Division.
• India. Ministry of External Affairs.
• Mehrotra, Rajiv, 1953-

Description

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (approximately 31 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

'Adoor: a journey in frames' is a cinematic portrait of the renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Considered to be one of the masters of Indian cinema, Adoor's creative impulse is shaped by this times, the contamporary politics and the pristine beauty of his home state Kerala. The documentary chronicles the development of the artist by using clips from films that Adoor directed. In fact, film clips form the main narrative of the documentary and their extensive use allows the viewer to get a glimpse of the artistic ouvre, style and genre of films that Adoor directed. The film also chronicles the various awards the filmmaker won and interweaves them with excerpts from interviews with the director, and visuals of his living and working environment.

Subjects

• Gopalakrishnan, Adoor, 1941-
• Gopalakrishnan, Adoor, 1941- > Criticism and interpretation
• Documentary films
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Documentary films.

Note

• Copyright notice on container: MEA.
• "A Public Diplomacy initiative of the Government of India"--Disc.
• Summary taken from container.

Credits (note)

• Camera, Ravi Verma, Rajiv Mehrotra ; editing, Reena Mohan, Vandana Kohli ; sound Hari, P.D. Valson, V. Antony ; research, Ajit Duara.

LCCN

2015358492

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries