When Nithin Lukose, a Film and Television Institute of India alumnus, decided to make a film about the hamlet he lives in, with its rustic beauty and mystery, he had no idea it would be produced by a prominent Bollywood filmmaker and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021. Nithin is from a family in Ayilamoola, Wayanad, around 8.5 kilometres from Mananthavady. His ancestors were from the Central Kerala towns of Kaduthuruthy and Moolamattom. The settlers had no choice but to put in long hours to establish their worth. Farmers, who had been influenced by human-animal conflict on a regular basis and in a negative way, inf
In the immense abysses of the Orapp River, many stories have been lost and found. These tales have been passed down through generations of settlers' families. Nithin, like his grandmother, has no qualms about expressing his emotional gratitude for the numerous stories he has heard from her. He embellished it with a couple of his own personal and family experiences in order to make it seem credible on the big screen. That is the narrative behind the film Paka (Vengeance), or as it is dubbed in English, 'River of Blood,' which is set to premiere at TIFF in the second week of September 2021. It's Kerala's single submission for the 46th TIFF in Malayalam. The film belongs to the Discovery Session.