Haritha Cinema: Exploring Themes of Nature and Ecology in Malayalam Cinema

Abstract

Ecology has been a major theme of world cinema from the time immemorial so much so that the former has become inextricably interwoven to the latter. The same is true with Malayalam cinema which contributes a major share of the vast reservoir of great cinema produced in India. The paper entitled Haritha Cinema: Exploring Themes of Nature and Ecology in Malayalam Cinema seeks to explore themes of nature and environment in Malayalam Cinema. It specifically studies three major ecological movies; Oru Cheru Punchiri, Aranyakam and Ennu Swantham Janakikutty. The paper also looks at how themes of ecology forms a major part of the Classic movies produced from Kerala.