- Swaham
Infobox Film
name = Swaham
director =Shaji N. Karun
writer = Shaji N. Karun
S. Jayachandran Nair
Reghunath Paleri
starring = AswaniKalamandalam Haridas
Gopi
Praseetha
Mullenezhi
Sarath
Venmani Vishnu
Gopalakrishnan S
producer = Shaji N. Karun
distributor =
cinematography = Hari Nair
editing = P. Raman Nair| released =1994
runtime = 141 mins
language =Malayalam
music = Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
K. Raghavan
imdb_id = 0111332"Swaham" "(My Own)" (
1994 ) is an award-winning feature film directed byShaji N. Karun . The film is inMalayalam . It stars Aswani, Venumani Vishnu and Mullenezhi. The film's music is composed by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally and K. Raghavan. "Swaham" met with widespread critical acclaim upon release. The film was screened at theCannes Film Festival in the competition section in1994 .Plot
Annapoorna lives with her son and daughter, and struggles to get by, trying to earn a living from the teashop near a railway station once owned by her now deceased husband. Her son Kannan does whatever he can to help whilst trying to continue his education, however this proves difficult and he fails his exams. His mother sends him to a military recruitment camp, hoping he will find employment. This seems to be the family's only hope, however this option is expensive. Eventually Kannan is admitted after Annapoorna pays a hefty sum of money to a man associated with the camp. Later, Kannan is killed in a stampede at the camp, and his bereaved mother brings his body back home in an ambulance. Annapoorna's daughter waits anxiously for the return of her mother and brother.
Awards and nominations
The film has won and been nominated for the following awards since its release:
1995 Bergamo Film Meeting (Italy )
* Won - Bronze Rosa Camuna -Shaji N. Karun 1994 Cannes Film Festival (France )
* Nominated - Golden Palm -Shaji N. Karun 1995 National Film Awards (India )
* Won - Silver Lotus Award - Special Jury Award - Director -Shaji N. Karun 1995 Innsbruck Film Festival (Austria )
* Won - Best Film - Swaham -Shaji N. Karun External links
*imdb title|id=0111332|title=Swaham
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