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FilmApart from this, 12 films have been selected in the ‘Malayalam Cinema Today’ category and seven in the ‘Indian Cinema Now’ category.Tnm StaffLijo Jose Pellissery’s Churuli and Jayaraj’s Hasyam have been selected for competition at the 25th edition of the prestigious Iffk (International Film Festival of Kerala) in Thiruvananthapuram. The two Malayalam films have been selected for competition in the International category and will be screened at the Iffk, which will be held from February 12 to February 19 next year. Filmmaker Mohit Priyadarshi’s Hindi film Kosa and Akshay Indiker’s Marathi film Chronicle of Space or Sthalpuran have also been selected in this category. Further, 12 Malayalam films have been selected to compete in a category named ‘Malayalam Cinema Today’. These are: Gramavrikshathile Kuyil (Cuckoo on the Village Tree) by Kp Kumaran, C U Soon by Mahesh Narayan, Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam (The First Secret to Happiness) by Don Palathara,...

MollywoodDuring the festival of Attukal Pongala, when their wives are away, three men decide to spend the day with a sex worker: that forms the crux of the story.Aradhya KurupThe genre of sex comedy has been talked about and theorised over, particularly in the aftermath of bizarre and sometimes even distasteful film series such as Masti and Kya Kool Hai Hum. So, the initial reaction to Vedivazhipadu could well be skepticism. But this 2013 film that created a furore in the moral equilibrium of Malayalam cinegoers has much more in store, if you care to think a little. Attukal Pongala, the single largest gathering of women devotees at a religious activity, forms the unlikely premise to tell a tale of sexual repression, misogyny and adultery in marriages. Vedivazhipadu, directed and written by Shambhu Purushothaman, is a refreshingly honest and audacious take on the male psyche, sexual and social double standards,...