Crossroad (2017 film)

Crossroad is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language anthology film comprising 10 stories.[1] It is a portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women. The movie encompasses ten featurette films of fifteen minutes each. The movie showcases each vibrant and variant facet of a Woman and tells the story from her perspective.

Crossroad
Crossroad
Crossroad
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
  • Baby Mathew
  • Anil Ambalakkara
  • Udayakumar
  • Parthan Mohan
  • Chandramohan
  • Bobin Karimkutty
  • Nas Nazar
StarringCast
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Production
company
Forum For Better Films
Release date
  • 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot edit

Pakshikalude Manam: Mythili portrays a bird photographer whose life motto is to see (and seemingly photograph) a rare bird called Aphrodite. The bird has feathers colored like a rainbow and the photographer goes to the forest to see it, against her husband's wish. Will she be able to see the bird forms the crux of the story.

List of short films edit

Short filmDirectorCinematographerWriterMusic Director
Oru Raathriyude KooliMadhupalPradeep P NairP. F. MathewBijibal
KaavalNeemom PushparajAlagappan N.Salin MankuzhyRamesh Narayan
Pakshikalude MaanamNayana SooryanGowtham LeninNayana SooryanAjay Thilak
MounamBabu ThiruvallaM. J. RadhakrishnanBabu ThiruvallaBijibal
BadarAshok R. NathSunil PremRajesh K. R.Viswajith
MudraAlberrt AntoniSadatAlberrt AntoniJayan V Pisharody
Lake HouseSasi ParavoorSasi ParavoorM. Jayachandran
KodeshyanPradeep NairNikhil S. PraveenJayarajSooraj S. Kurup
ChrerivuAvira RebeccaM. J. RadhakrishnanNelson AlexBijibal
Pinpe NadappavalLenin RajendranMadhu AmbatLenin RajendranAnitha Shaiq

Cast edit

Oru Raathriyude Kooli edit

Kaaval edit

  • Priyanka Nair as Devi
  • Roslin as Devi's neighbour
  • Shibu Laban as Sabu, the meter reader
  • Pranav Nair as Devi's child
  • Pradeesh Nair as Devi's husband
  • Neemom Pushparaj as a person in the shop

Pakshikalude Maanam edit

Mounam edit

Badar edit

Mudra edit

  • Isha Talwar as Gaya Parameshwaran
  • Anjali Nair as Padmavathi
  • Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Gaya's personal assistant

Lake House edit

Kodeshyan edit

  • Punnasserry Kanchana as Thresyama
  • Chinnu Kuruvilla as Kunjumol, Thresyama's daughter

Chrerivu edit

Pinpe Nadappaval edit

  • Anjana Chandran as the wife
  • Joy Mathew as the drama director
  • Sagar as the husband

Soundtrack edit

The film features original songs composed by Amrutha Suresh and Abhirami Suresh, Anitha Shaiq and M. Jayachandran.

Crossroad
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Veerangana"Avira RebeccaAmrutha Suresh, Abhirami SureshAmrutha Suresh, Abhirami Suresh3:32
2."Melakey"Rafeeq AhamedShweta MohanShweta Mohan4:47
3."Oru Vela"M. R. JayageethaM. JayachandranM. Jayachandran4:12
4."Makane"Jayan C. NairM. JayachandranM. Jayachandran2:15
5."Nama Sametham – Dimthana"M. R. JayageethaM. Jayachandran, Abhirami AjaiM. Jayachandran, Abhirami Ajai1:58

Release edit

Critical reception edit

The Times of India rated 3 out of 5 stars.[2] Sify rated 3.5 out of 5 stars.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Crossroad teaser: This Malayalam anthology film celebrates femininity, watch video". The Indian Express. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Crossroad Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Crossroad by Times of India".
  3. ^ "Crossroad review: An unimpressive attempt". Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.

External links edit