Don Palathara
Biography
Don Palathara is a film director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker from Kerala, India.Known for working on shoestring budgets and new or inexperienced actors, his films are expositions of local Kerala culture and study on the human nature. Palathara's films, gained accolades at several international film festivals, including the 42nd Moscow International Film Festival and the 25th International Film Festival of Kerala.
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Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Chris (Voice)
Chris, a young, independent filmmaker from Kerala gets inspired by Louis Malle’s 1969 documentary Calcutta and aspires to recreate the modern version of the documentary himself. He moves to Kolkata with his wife Anita, who is also a movie actress, to work on his documentary. While the shoot of the documentary is already progressing, Corona virus outbreak starts in India and his producer withholds the funds that he had agreed to release earlier. As the government imposed lock-down starts, Chris is stuck inside the rented apartment in Kolkata with Anita. To overcome the pent up frustrations, Chris decides to make a film about his own marriage without the knowledge of Anita.