Kanchivaram

Kanchivaram (2008)

காஞ்சிவரம்

A Communist Confession

A poor silk weaver promises his wife to dress their newborn daughter in a silk saree for her marriage. Facing systemic oppression and the vicissitudes of his fortune, he struggles to keep his word.

Date of release
2008-03-19
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Drama
Director
Priyadarshan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: National Film Award for Best Feature Film

Kanchivaram is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language period drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Prakash Raj and Shriya Reddy and has music by M. G. Sreekumar, cinematography by Tirru, editing by Arun Kumar, and art direction by Sabu Cyril. The audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The movie depicts the pitiable state of the silk weavers in the town of Kanchipuram as they were unorganized and marginalized to live a perpetual ‘hand-to-mouth’ existence. The movie depicts their struggles and ends with a comment about the cooperative movement that emerged to take care of the interests of the workers.

Production

The film was produced by Shailendra Singh at Percept Pictures and made in 35 days on a budget of ₹1.5 crore (worth ₹4.9 crore in 2021 prices). It was initially announced to be made in Malayalam as Kancheepuram in 2001.

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