Anantharam | അനന്തരം

by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

മാനസികവിഭ്രാന്തിയുടെ വക്കിലെത്തി നില്‍ക്കുന്ന ലോലഹൃദയനായ ഓരു ചെറുപ്പക്കാരന്‍ താനെങ്ങനെ ഈ അവസ്ഥയിലെത്തി എന്ന് നമ്മോടു പറയുകയാണ്‌.അയുക്തികമായ ഒരവസ്ഥയെ കഥയുടെ യുക്തികൊണ്ട് അപഗ്രഥിച്ചറിയുവാനുള്ള ശ്രമം.

നമ്മിലോരോരുത്തരിലും ഒരു അന്തര്‍മുഖനും ബഹിര്‍
മുഖനും ഒരേ സമയം കുടിയിരിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. അവസരാനുസരണം, ആവശ്യാനുസരണം ഇവരിലൊരാള്‍ മേല്‍ക്കൈ എടുക്കുകയാണ് ചെയ്യുന്നത്. ഈ കഥയില്‍ അന്തര്‍മുഖനായ അജയനും ബഹിര്‍മുഖനായ അജയനും ഉണ്ട്. ഇരുവരുടെയും കഥകള്‍ പരസ്പരവിരുദ്ധമല്ല, മറിച്ചു പരസ്പരപൂരകമാണ്.

മമ്മൂട്ടി അശോകന്‍ ശോഭന എന്നിവര്‍ ചേര്‍ന്ന് അഭ്രപാളിയില്‍ ജീവന്‍ നല്‍കിയ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളെ അടുത്തറിയുവാന്‍ ഉള്ള അവസരം. അടൂര്‍ ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണന്‍റെ അനന്തരം എന്ന ചലച്ചിത്രത്തിന്റെ തിരക്കഥ രൂപം..

143 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Moutatthu Gopalakrishnan Unnithan (Malayalam: മൌടത്തു ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണൻ ഉണ്ണിത്താൻ), commonly known as Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of India.Adoor's first film Swayamvaram (1972) pioneered the new wave cinema movement in Kerala. Most of his films go to festivals around the world, and are released in Kerala. All the eleven films he directed, from Swayamvaram to Oru Pennum Randaanum (2008), were screened at several international film festivals and won him several national and international awards. He won National Film Awards sixteen times, Kerala State Film Awards seventeen times and also won several international film awards. He won the prestigious British Film Institute award for Elippathayam (1981). Adoor received the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2006. The Nation honoured Adoor for his valuable contributions to Indian cinema by awarding him the highest cinema award of India, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2004.

Reviews

[Ganesh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A broken child becomes a broken adult.

Ajayan is a mirror of how the lack of motherly love and care can lead to tragic consequences in later adult life.

Despite being adopted by a welcoming Doctor Uncle who found him abandoned at the hospital, Ajayan could not build a peaceful life for himself. Even a welcoming foster brother could not make him feel at home. Loneliness and inner turmoil ruled his inner being.

Proof that there is no substitute for mother’s love. And the lack of it muddles the grown-up adult’s perspectives about family relationships and sexual desires.

I have been wanting to watch the movie for such a long time. This book found me unexpectedly and pulled me in. The scene by scene progression made me feel like i was watching the movie as much as I was reading the book.

As I turned the last page, I understand why this movie has remained one that is often mentioned and discussed widely, even after three decades of its release.