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Out to create a new idiom
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Pramod Payyannur loves experimenting with multimedia. He tells PADMA JAYARAJ about the ace stage projects with Mohanlal, Mukesh and Murali
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STAGE TO SCREEN Top, Pramod Payyannur and scenes from two of his theatre productions, `Innalekalile Aakasam', left, and `Thankam'
Pramod Payyannur is upbeat these days. The wonderful projects he has in hand is any director's dream. Come June and he will be directing Mohanlal and Mukesh in a multimedia presentation. Multimedia? "Yes, it is a one-and-a-half hour theatre production, which will have humour and other popular elements. It's called multimedia because there will be a screen too on stage and filmic elements can also be expected. There are just six characters in it and expect one or two characters from Sheridan's plays too," Pramod says with a glint in his eyes. Rehearsals have been planned for 25 days after which the play will be staged in Kerala, all over the country and abroad too.
The next project is a movie, his maiden feature film, which will have script by Sreenivasan and produced by Santhosh Mangalath and Ranjini Manoharan. His track record has been great so far.
Pramod has bagged awards for almost every attempt he has made. His first documentary, `Sasneham Jeevithatthodu' got him State Government's Child Welfare Board Award ( 2002).
`Devamanasam' for Kairali T.V. won him Kerala Chalachithra Academy Award for the Best Mini Screen Directior (2003). `Theyyam', with all its nuances amidst its social milieu, is the theme of the film.
`Thankam' got the Film Critics Award (2004) and Chethana Vibgyor Award at a national level competition (2005) for the best Short Fiction. It is asteady-cam tele-movieframed within the narrative technique of double quote. The film is a passage to the world of Basheer.
His latest, `Kerala Peruma', based on a story of M.T.Vasudevan Nair, won him the Film Critics Award 2005. Gopinath Muthukad, the magician is the main actor, a juggler.
For now, Pramod is engrossed in a crime series for MMTV News Channel. Some of the most shocking stories that happened in the last 50 years in India are to be telecast soon. Thrilling visuals, forensic science bringing the lurking shadows to light, is depicted as docu-fiction.
"It is a consolation that when justice is delayed and even denied, truth surfaces after years," says Pramod, a young artist of proven talents.
A product of the School of Drama, Thrissur, Pramod took his Masters in Performing Arts from the Central University of Pondichery. A Junior Fellowship from the Central Ministry enabled him to document the `visual possibilities of myths and oral traditions in Malayalam'.
Pramod is familiar to theatre buffs. He made his presence felt with the stage adaptation of `Iruttinte Athmavu',( M.T), followed by `Mathilukal' ( Basheer), `Kadaltheerath' ( O.V. Vijayan), to mention a few.
He bagged the Amateur Drama Award, 2002 (Uyirthudi). The Best Professional Drama Director Award from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy came to him in 2002 (`Innalekalile Aakasam', KPAC) and in 2003 (`Dravida Vritham', the celebrated 50th production of KPAC). His stage version of Padmarajan's `Kallan Pavithran' was a journey in search of possibilities of vision.
"Although theatre is powerful, film has infinite possibilities for more inputs; it has a wider reach. For a creative artist, the next frontier is more exciting, isn't it? I would like to carry theatre on a parallel course. For me the challenge is to create anew using the available technology that is opening up new vistas," he says.
Yet another dream project, a play about to be materialised soon for Pramod, is `Mruthyunjayan (or Karna) in which Bharath Murali, KPAC Lalitha (she plays Kunthi), and Prof. Aliyar act.
"Pramod is trying to develop a new idiom of his own. For that he seeks different masters and makes use of different techniques both on stage and TV," says Murali.
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