Title of film : Mmmmm Sound of Pain
Director Name : Vijeesh Mani
Cast & crew :
Producer : SOHAN ROY
Editor : B. LENIN
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Synopsis : This film is about a traditional honey gatherer who belongs to "Kurumba" tribe. He goes through hard times because of the dwindling availability of honey from the forest because of the climate change. This leads him to the utter frustration and he loses his mind slowly. In his hallucinations he sees his girl child who has passed away years ago, as a honey bee. He keeps seeing her whenever he goes inside the forest and they talk about the honey bees and their problems. In the meantime, he happens to help a revolutionary who is wanted by the cops, which put him and his family in a very right corner. The discussions with his imaginary " Honey bee" changes him for good but in the end when the honey bee dies in his imagination, he loses all his hope of purposes and he commits suicide on a cell phone tower with a message, " Save Honeybees". This film has been shot in "Kurumba tribal language, which is first time, a film is made in that language.
Director Bio : Vijeesh Mani is a producer and director of Malayalam language films. He is best known as the director of “Vishwaguru”, a film that was made and released in 51 hours and 2 minutes following a "script to screen" rule, which was recorded in Guinness World Records. His other notable work includes “Quotation” (2004) and “Puzhayamma” (2021). His Irula language film “Netaji” won Guinness award for the first tribal language film. Mani’s “Mmmmm (Sound of Pain)” is the first movie made in Kurumba tribal language.
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