Critic M K Sanu along with music director Jerry Amaldev releasing the CD of the documentary on the life of singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi in Kochi on Sunday | Express Critic M K Sanu along with music director Jerry Amaldev releasing the CD of the documentary on the life of singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi in Kochi on Sunday | Express list end
KOCHI: A documentary on singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, directed by V K Subhash, was released here on Sunday. An august audience, including writer M K Sanu, music director Jerry Amaldev and Assistant Commissioner for Traffic Baby Vinod, attended the documentary release held at the Children’s Park. Vijayalakshmi has been suffering from an incurable form of blindness since birth. The documentary, the first of its kind, explores the struggle that went into the making of the State Award-winning singer, who captured people’s hearts with her rendering. The documentary, deservedly, salutes the efforts of Muraleedharan and Vimala, Vijayalakshmi’s parents, who did everything they could to ensure that the rare talent of their daughter was not wasted simply because she is blind. The documentary, which focuses largely on places in and around Vaikom where Vijayalakshmi grew up, also shed light on the many other talents Vijayalakshmi possesses, including her expertise in playing the rare musical instrument called Gayatriveena. However, the documentary does not feature an interview with Vijayalakshmi. Director Subhash said it was purposeful. “We took a deviation from the conventional documentary methodology by not interviewing Vijayalakshmi for our production. It is a 17-minute documentary, and we thought it was better to focus more on the lesser known aspects of the singer, mainly the efforts made by her parents. In a way, we wanted this to be a tribute to her parents,” said Subhash. He said the decision to release the documentary on July 27 was pre-planned. “It is the ‘World Parents’ Day’, and we thought releasing the documentary on that day would be an apt way to symbolically honour Vijayalakshmi’s parents,” he added. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
