The story of archiving our movies for future generations, has been one of callous indifference and sloth, once you take an effort in looking at what could have been saved, what was saved, and what luck ensured for posterity.
The human intervention, in all these, as far as contribution is concerned, has been sadly, hugely short-coming.
Even now, save for some passionate individuals who zealously guard their archives from being squandered and wasted away, the state machinery chugs on, blissfully unaware of its responsibility.
If only, they woke up and smelt the disintegrating celluloid.
Movie |
Year |
Direction |
| The Lost Child/Vigathakumaran | 1928 | J. C. Daniel |
| Marthanda Varma | 1933 | P. V. Rao |
| Balan | 1938 | S. Nottani |
| Jnanambika | 1940 | S. Nottani |
| Prahlada | 1941 | K. Subramaniam |
| Nirmala | 1948 | V. V. Rao |
| Vellinakshatram | 1949 | Felix J. Beyse |
| Nalla Thanka | 1950 | P. V. Krishna Iyer |
| Sthree | 1950 | R. Velappan Nair |
| Sasidharan | 1950 | T. Janaki Ram |
| Prasanna | 1950 | Sri Ramalu Naidu |
| Chandrika | 1950 | V. S. Raghavan |
| Chechi | 1950 | T. Janaki Ram |
Name of producer, Artists ,music director are also to be included in the long run..any how itz amziing contribution.
Hi Wilson,
Hope you are aware of online communities such as Malayalasangeetham and M3dB which have some of the most amazing, exhaustive databases available on Malayalam Cinema. Thank you for writing in..regards..cinematters
Hi Saji,
Thank you for writing into the Old Malayalam Cinema Blog. It would be nothing short of a miracle to get hold of a copy of ANY of these movies as most of it is presumed lost/destroyed, unfortunately. As commercial copies, theare not available, as far as I know.Your best source would be getting in touch with private collectors and their peers. Thanks..cinematters
Can anyone please arrange me CDs/cassettes of these films?