Pioneering Film-making Techniques
Malayalam films cater to people living in the South Indian state of Kerala and emigrants from it. The total population of Malayalees is around 4 crore (40 million). Despite the apparent budget constraints, Malayalam cinema has pioneered technical, thematic and production techniques among films in India and South India.
- Marthanda Varma (1933): The first Indian historical drama film. It was based on the life of Marthanda Varma, the Maharajah of the Indian princely state of Travancore in the mid 18th century. Marthanda Varma was film adaptation of a novel in the same name by C. V. Raman Pillai, making it one of the first Indian adaptations from literature other than the puranas.
- Newspaper Boy (1955): India's first neorealistic film. It drew inspiration from Italian neorealism and was released a few months before Satyajit Ray's debut Pather Panchali, another neo-realistic film.
- Padayottam (1982): India's first indigenously produced 70 mm film.
- My Dear Kuttichathan (1984): India's first 3D film.
- Amma Ariyan (1986): The first film made in India with money collected from the public. It was produced by Odessa Collective, founded by the director John Abraham and friends. The money was raised by collecting donations and screening Charlie Chaplin's film The Kid.
- O' Faby (1993): India's first live-action/animation hybrid film.
- Moonnamathoral (2006): The first Indian film to be shot and distributed in digital format.
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