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Shantham is a film directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair with Seema Biswas

Shantham (2001)

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Shantham (Malayalam: ശാന്തം, English translation : Calmness) is an award-winning Malayalam feature film directed by Jayaraj. It stars I M Vijayan, a leading Indian football player of modern times, M G Shashi, Seema Biswas and K P A C Lalitha. The renowned Kathakali artiste Kalamandalam Gopi and the Malayalm writer Madambu Kunjukuttan have also starred in the film. It was released in 2001 and won the Swarna Kamal Award for the Best Feature Film in the 48th National Film Awards, 2001. The film was produced by P V Gangadharan. According to the citation of the Award Jury: 'Shantham addrsses the very contemporary issue of political rivalry and violence in our society in an unusually imaginative way. The language of the film goes beyond the conventional narrative for appeal to calmness and good sense'.

The film also received the National Best Supporting Actress Award for K P A C Lalitha.

This is Jayaraj's third National Award. In 1996, his film 'Desadanam', won the award for the Best Malayalam Film and in the next year he was named the Best Director.

Synopsis

Persons on both sides of a bloody political struggle search for grace and forgiveness in this emotional drama.

Actors

Seema Biswas
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
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