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ThefilmchroniclesthreedayswhenacircusvisitsasmallvillageinKeralaandcreatesripplesinthelivesofthepeople.Duringthistime,welearnthegeographyofthevillage-thebanyantreewithleavesliketransparentfilm,theshiningwater,thelightinthesandatsunset…<br/> Thefilmshowsthelivesofthevillagers-schoolchildrenrunningtothetent,thevillagewomenwatchingtheacrobatperform,thesoldierwhobefriendsthecircusstrongmaninatoddybar,apumpattendantwhositsonarockeachdaywatchingavillagegirlbatheanddryherhair,thedwarfwhobringsbacktothecircusawatermelonlargerthanhishead….Thebizarrecharactersfromthecircusmergewiththelocalpopulace.<br/> Thecircuscomesandleaves,andlifegoeson.<br/> ThambuwonAravindantheNationalandStatefilmawardsforthebestdirector.<br/> Direction&Screenplay:GAravindan<br/> Cast:Gopi,NudumudiVenu,Sriraman,Jalaja,membersoftheGreatChitraCircus<br/> Cinematography:ShajiNKarun<br/> Music:MGRadhakrishnan<br/> WhenyouplannedthefilmTHAMBU,whatwasuppermostinyourmind:wasittheproblemsandinsecuritiesofthecircusartistsortheresponseofthevillagerstothecircustent?<br/> IplannedTHAMBUasadocumentaryfeature.ThefilmwasshotinThirunavayaonthebanksofBharathapuzha.Icametothisvillagewithtentofifteencircusartisteswhohadalreadylefttheircircuscompany.Wedidnothaveascript,andweshottheincidentsastheyhappened.Whatwedidonthefirstdaywastocallallthevillagersandperformacircusactforthem.Therewerealotofpeoplewhohadnotseenacircusbefore.Weshottheirresponsesastheywerewatching.Wedidnotaskthemtodoanything.Aftertheinitialhesitation,theyforgotthelightsandtheshootingandcompletelygotinvolvedinthecircus.Itwasallveryoriginal.AtthattimethevillagewasalsogettingreadyfortheAyappanVilakufestival,whichweusedinthefilm.Finallythewholevillagegotsoinvolvedinpreparingforitsfestival,theylosttheirinterestinthecircus.Thefilmendsthere.Infactitisalocationfilm.<br/> Well,inTHAMBUalso,thereisadiscontentedyoungman.<br/> Thischaracterwasthereinthefilm-youngmanfromanuppermiddleclassfamilyreturnedfromabroadandsettledinthenativeland.Iamfascinatedbythesekindofpeople.YouseesimilarpeopleinUTTARAYANAMalso.This'return'hasbeenwithusforaveryverylongtime.Earlierpeople'returned'fromSingapore,Burma,Ceylonetc.Nowthey'return'fromtheGulf.Thatistheonlydifference.Whenthey'comeback'theywillbuildabigbungalowandliveisolatedfromtheothersaround.Theirrelationshipsareconfinedtothoseofsimilar'type'-theywillofcoursehavetheir"weekendgatherings".Thequestioniswhydothey'comeback'iftheyareunabletoordonotwanttomixwiththepeoplearound?Myyoungmanissomeonewhoisdiscontentedwiththissortofisolationandwantstobeintunewiththepeopleandsurroundings.Hedoesnotliketositathome.HestartslearningtoreadMalayalamandthenaskthecircuswhetherhecanjointhemandultimatelygoesawaywiththem.<br/> <br/> Justasmallcomment.Althoughapparently'regional',yourfilms,onecouldsayaremuchbroader-Indian.Yourcommentsoncontemporaryissuereflectmoreacynicismtowardsthepresent(asinyourcartoons)thananostalgicreturntothepast.<br/> <br/> Togetbacktothefilm-theyoungmanhasneverbeentoseeacircus,hashe?<br/> No.Whenthecircusgoesbackhejustgoesalongwiththem.<br/> <br/> Whenacircusisonthemove,theartistsarerestingorasleep.Theyhavenothingtoexpectorrememberfromtheplacestheyvisitorstayin.Thisyoungmantakesadecisiontogowiththem.Why?Perhapsarecognitionthatheisnodifferentfromthem!Oristhisdecisionmerelycoincidental?<br/> Hecouldnotgetalongwithhisfamily.ToescapethehomeatmospherehegoesandfindsaplaceundertheBanyantreeandlearnstoreadetc.Ihaveincludedinthefilmthemomentofhisdecisiontojointhecircus.<br/> <br/> Athomehewassurroundedbyrockmusicwhilehehimselflovesclassicalmusic.Thereyouseehimaskingthecircustotakehimalong.Thecircusmanagertellshimtogetintothevan.Atthatmomenthehasnotidentifiedhimselfwiththecircus-heismerelyescapingfromhisenvironment.Noonehastakennoteofhiminthecircuscompany.Thefilmendswiththesequenceofhimsleepingbythesideofthecircusclown.<br/> <br/> Forthecircus,thisjourneyisastagnation.Aperiodofrest,whereasfortheyoungmanthistripisaprogressandescape.<br/> Wecannotreallysaypredictwhathewillbecomeordo...Hecouldbecomeanything...evenacircusclown...Wearenotmakingitclear.Theemphasisisonhisescapefromtheimmediateenvironment.<br/> <br/> Asyouaretalkingaboutthejourneyoftheyoungman,itoccurstomethatallyourfilmshavethisaspectofavoyagetoself-discoveryora'movement'towardsbettermentofhumanity.e.g.inKANCHANASEETA,RamacarryingthesacrificialfireandgoingintotheSarayuRiver;inUTTARAYANAM,Ravigoingintotheforest;thearrivalsanddeparturesofthebogeymaninKUMMATTIaccordingtotheseasons;inCHIDAMBARAMShankaranKutty'ssearchforpeaceinhistroubledconscienceetc.Yourfilmsseemtobemyriadmanifestationsofthedeepdesireofhumankindforanswers,peace,meaning…?<br/> (Remainssilent)
