Zachariayude Garbhinikal

Zachariayude Garbhinikal (English: Pregnant Ladies of Zacharia) is a Malayalam–language comedy-drama film written and directed by Aneesh Anwar. The film narrates the incidents in the life of a gynaecologist and five women who come into his life. Lal appears as the gynaecologist while Rima Kallingal,[2][3] Sanusha, Geetha, Asha Sarath,[4] and Sandra Thomas play the roles of five pregnant women. Sandra Thomas also produced the film along with her father Thomas Joseph Pattathanam under the banner of Friday Cinema House.[5][6] The film started production in May 2013 from Kochi, Kerala.

Zachariayude Garbhinikal [1]
Directed byAneesh Anwar
Produced bySandra Thomas
Thomas Joseph Pattathanam
Vijay Babu
Written byAneesh Anwar
Nizam
Starring
Music bySongs:
Vishnu-Sharreth
Background Score:
Prashant Pillai
CinematographyVishnu Narayan
Edited byRenjith touchriver
Production
company
Release date
  • 27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The music track of a song in the film, "Veyil Chilla", became popular & hit.The Song has similarity to Vangelis' theme "Conquest of Paradise". The film had a relatively new composer duo, Vishnu and Sharath, son and nephew of musician Mohan Sithara. The background score of the film was composed by Prashant Pillai.

Sanusha won a Special Jury Mention at the 2013 Kerala State Film Awards for her performance as Zaira.[7]

Plot

The film narrates the incidents in the life of a gynaecologist and five women who come into his life each with unconventional/illegitimate pregnancies. Lal acts as the gynaecologist and Asha Sharreth does the role of doctor's wife. Sanusha plays the role of an eighteen-year-old girl who refuses to abort her child and reveal the child's father. In the end, she gives her baby to the gynaecologist and his wife who don't have children of their own. After some months, she visits the doctor's house and leaves him a book. And from reading one of the story in the book that she specially marked he figures out that she bore the child of her father. Rima's character is a nurse, while Geetha plays an elderly woman who gets pregnant through artificial insemination.[8] Aju Varghese appears as Ajmal who has strong feelings for Fatima. However, due to their height difference, he is unable to confide his love for her. Sandra Thomas plays the role of another expectant woman who bears her boyfriend's child which she wants to conceive only if her husband dies and Joy Mathew acts as her husband.[6]

Cast

Controversy

The film courted controversy for showing an animation in the climax scene based on Padmarajan's short story, "Moovanthy". Following a complaint against the makers for copyright infringement, the court had issued an order prohibiting the satellite telecast of the movie.[10]

References

  1. "Zachariayude Garbhinikal". Friday Film House. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. Sanjith Sidhardhan (25 May 2013). "Rima practices Kasargode dialect for Zachariayude Garbhinikal". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. Cris (30 April 2013). "Exclusive: Rima Kallingal is on a roll". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. Asha Prakash (13 May 2013). "Asha in a makeover mode". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  5. Nita Sathyendran (19 April 2013). "Hot shot!". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  6. Parvathy Nambidi (23 April 2013). "Zachariyayude Garbhinikal (Malayalam)". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  7. "Kerala film awards announced". The Times of India.
  8. Zachariayude Garbhinikal (2 September 2013). "A story of four girls with different behavior". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  9. Shiba Kurian (11 May 2013). "Aju’s got height issues with Rima". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  10. "Mollywood’s brush with controversies"
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