Kenjira

Dir: Manoj Kana / India / 100 minutes / Paniya language, Malayalam / 2019

Synopsis:

The film director and theatre activist Manoj Kana, after 20 years’ theatre activism among the tribals painted his valuable experience on a vast platform which gave rise to the film, Kenjira. It is the ‘Paniya’ tribe, an all time victims of brutal exploitation who appears on the screen to manifest their own ordeal. The story progresses through the life of Kenjira, a Paniyan girl studying in ninth standard. In the fight against her dampening hunger, she goes through various inciden

Festivals:

Goa-IFFI-Indian Panorama

Crew:

Producer, Scriptwriter – Manoj Kana
Co-producer – Promoth Mangat, Prasanth Mangat
Cinematographer – Pratap P Nair
Editor – Manoj Kannoth
Art Director – Rajesh Kalppathur
Sound Designer – Robin K Kutty, Manoj Kannoth
Music – Sreevalsan J Menon

Cast:

Vinusha Ravi, Vinu Kambalakkad, Chandran Meppady, Mohini Mani, Joy Mathew