Kalimannu

Kalimannu (2013)

കളിമണ്ണ്

Inspired by the Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his mother Subhadra, the film portrays the relationship of the protagonist with her baby, before and after it is born.

Date of release
2013-08-22
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama
Director
Blessy

Casting

Interesting facts

Kalimannu (transl. Clay) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam drama film written and directed by Blessy and starring Swetha Menon in the lead role and Biju Menon, Suhasini in Major Supporting roles. Inspired by the Puranic story of Abhimanyu and his mother Subhadra, the film portrays the relationship of the protagonist with her baby, before and after it is born. Swetha Menon's real-life delivery was shot live on camera for the film.

Production

The story of Kalimannu came into Blessy's mind during a trip to Dubai after completing Pranayam (2011). During his travel, a radiant thought flew in his mind, that of a baby in the womb talking to its mother. And the frame initiated the spark for a film that unfolds the relationship between a mother and her baby in the womb.

Non-definite scripting pattern was used for the film. Principal photography started even before the completion of scripting and casting. In order to cover various stages of pregnancy, the film was shot in different schedules, beginning in the first week of August. The film was shot for many months, throughout Swetha's pregnancy. Swetha's delivery was filmed in late September from a hospital in Kochi where she was admitted.

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