Haritha Cinema: Exploring Themes of Nature and Ecology in Malayalam Cinema
Rameesban P M
Rameesban P M, Senior Research Fellow, Department of English, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady (Kerala), India.
Manuscript received on 17 October 2022 | Revised Manuscript received on 29 October 2022 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 December 2022 | Manuscript published on 30 December 2022 | PP: 13-15 | Volume-2 Issue-2, December 2022. | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijmcj.B1024122222 | DOI:10.54105/ijmcj.B1024.122222
Open Access | Ethics and Policies | Cite | Mendeley | Indexing and Abstracting
© The Authors. Published by Lattice Science Publication (LSP). This is an open-access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Abstract: Ecology has been a major theme of world cinema from the time immemorial so much so that the former has become inextricably interwoven to the latter. The same is true with Malayalam cinema which contributes a major share of the vast reservoir of great cinema produced in India. The paper entitled Haritha Cinema: Exploring Themes of Nature and Ecology in Malayalam Cinema seeks to explore themes of nature and environment in Malayalam Cinema. It specifically studies three major ecological movies; Oru Cheru Punchiri, Aranyakam and Ennu Swantham Janakikutty. The paper also looks at how themes of ecology forms a major part of the Classic movies produced from Kerala.
Keywords: Ecology, Haritha Cinema, Nature, Environment, Culture.
Scope of the Article: Film