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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789370032699 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Terms of availability |
Purchased |
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Mathrubhumi Books, Kaloor |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
791.43 |
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PRA/TI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Praveen S.R |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
TICKET TO KERALA |
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: Story of Malayalam Cinema |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Rupa Publications |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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301 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Ticket to Kerala: The Story of Malayalam Cinema<br/><br/>Close to a century ago, the story of Malayalam cinema began with a tragedy. Its first filmmaker never made another movie. The first heroine never showed her face on the screen again, as she had to flee from Kerala, fearing attacks from casteist groups. The negatives of the first movie were lost to a childs fascination for blue flames. The idea of a film industry in Kerala might have seemed like a lost cause back then.<br/><br/>But in 2025, here we are: Malayalam cinema is at the top of its game, with uncommon themes and novel approaches to storytelling, garnering a whole new set of audience with every passing day. For the longest time, Malayalam mainstream cinema hardly ever found an audience outside Keralas borders, barring a few exceptions, even as its independent cinema created waves in the film festival circuit. Over the past decade, and especially over the past five years, its reach has just exploded. In a way, the Malayalam industry has slowly become pan-Indian without claiming to be so and with films made on a limited budget.<br/><br/>The story of present-day Malayalam cinemas ascendancy cannot be told without talking about its past, right from its humble beginnings to the formation of film societies in almost every village in Kerala in the 1960s, the rise of the new wave in independent cinema in the early 1970s, the evolution of the middle-of-the-road cinema in the 1970s and 80s which still serve as inspiration for the kind of films being made here, as well as the era of the two superstars.<br/><br/>This book has been written with the intention of introducing Malayalam cinema beyond its immediate past to an audience outside Kerala. The recent attention that the industry has been getting, due to various reasons, has been focused mostly on what has come out of the film industry after 2020. The book seeks to broaden this understanding, so that people outside Kerala get to know the true origins of this well-spring of good cinema. Those who are acquainted with the long history of Malayalam cinema might encounter many familiar stories in this book. But even those who are well-versed with Malayalam cinema are bound to find fresh perspectives and insights here. |
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Motion pictures—India—Kerala—History |
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Malayalam motion pictures—History and criticism |
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Lending |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |