MARUPATHAI

SCREENING ON 26 AUGUST 2011,FRIDAY, 6 PM AT Y.M.C.A HALL,

NEAR SHENOY'S JUNCTION, CHITTOOR ROAD, ERNAKULAM

MARUPAATHAI

TAMIL/ENGLISH / 75 MIN.

SCRIPT / DIRECTION : K.P.SREEKRISHNAN

PRODUCER : DILIP NARAYANAN

CAMERA : PRAKASHAN

EDIT : SAJITH UNNIKRISHNAN

MUSIC : RAJESH DASS

three young men, hailing from different social backgrounds with

different vistas and predilections on a single mission is thesituation pursued by 'the way to be'through a non-linear treatment, the pursuit brings forth how anindigenous tribe that preserves and practices a primitivemethod of gold mining, can trigger a violent chain reaction ofevents that are both unconnected and connected.a christian missionary rebelling against the church establishment,a spry and over ambitious journalist girl, a vigilante intellectualweb community, a philanthropist library in a provincial city,an editor of a little magazine, an opinionated geologist are allenmeshed in this entanglement.the nascent and thus fragile nature of Indian democracy, which cannoteven absorb and factor in a primitive livelihood into itspolitical and economic structure results in the origin and spreadof political extremism and violence.