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Makaramanju is a film of genre Drama directed by Lenin Rajendran with Santosh Sivan

Makaramanju (2011)

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Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical,    Romance
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Makaramanju (English: The Mist of capricorn) is a 2011 Malayalam language romantic drama film written and directed by Lenin Rajendran. The film is about celebrated painter Raja Ravi Varma's life at a certain stage in his life. It also narrates the story of epic character Pururavas. Cinematographer Santhosh Sivan and Karthika Nair appears in the lead roles.

"Urvashi Pururavas" is the painting that has been woven into the narrative of the film. In a story-within-a-story format, Lenin Rajendran intertwines the story of the artist with that of the mythological Urvashi and her beloved King Pururavas. The film received mixed reviews upon release. It was one of the five Malayalam films to be screened at the International Film Festival of India. It won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Malayalam Film at the International Film Festival of Kerala. It has been nominated for the Indian National Film Awards for 2010.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Sugandha Bai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to scape.

Actors

Santosh Sivan

(Ravi Varma)
Karthika Nair

(Suganda Baai / Urvashi)
Nithya Menen

(Model)
Jagathy Sreekumar

(Govardhandas Makhanji)
Mallika Kapoor

(Vasundhara)
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