The Film Manhole
is directed by Vidhu Vincent. She is a visual media journalist. She always took
pains to follow serious topics with social relevance. When she turned to film
making she could not think of any other genre.
The 90
minutes film is made on a shoestring budget write her further MP Vincent and Brother
Jose Vincent. Chipping in a producer along with some of her friends
The movie
tells about the story of manhole workers. The main characters of this film are
Ayyan. It is a manhole workers his wife papathi
and his only daughter named Shalini.
When we used
dry toilets people came from part of Travancore which is now in Tamil Nadu for
clearing. Thought they belonged to the Aruthathiyar caste. They came to he
called the chakiliyar community in this part of the country Even after we
started using wet toilets. They have been absorbed into the municipality as
contingency workers but they are doing the same job.
Vidhu said
that "manhole is on the attitude of the people towards this community and
the desire of younger generation for a life of dignity ".
Manhole is
the first Malayalam film by a female director
screened in the competition section of international film festival .
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