101 Chodyangal

2013 Indian film

Indrajith Sukumaran
Lena
Minon

CinematographyPrabhath E KEdited byBibin Paul SamuelMusic byBijibal

Production
company

Seventh Paradise

Release date

April 2013 (2013-04) (Kerala)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

101 Chodyangal (English: 101 Questions) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Sidhartha Siva. At the 60th National Film Awards, the film won the awards for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Child Artist for Minon.^[2]^[3]^[4] It also won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for Best Feature Film (Audience Prize) at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala.

The story is set in Kaviyoor, Tiruvalla, the director's hometown in Kerala, which inspired the film. The plot revolves around a school assignment given to a class V student to frame 101 questions.^[5]

The film was slated to release in theatres in April 2013.

Plot

A Class V student is given an assignment to frame 101 questions. The film is about the efforts he has to put in to create those questions. At this point, his father, a factory employee, loses his job. The two parallel streams converge at the end.

Cast

Indrajith Sukumaran as Mukundan
Minon as Anilkumar Bokaro
Lena as Sati
Nishanth Sagar as Radhakrishnan
Sudheesh as Vijayan
Baby Diya as Anagha
Rachana Narayanankutty as Deepa
Murugan as Sivanandan
Manikandan Pattambi

References

^ "101 Chodyangal (2013) | 101 Chodyangal Malayalam Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes". Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
^ "'Paan Singh Tomar' Wins Best Feature Honor at India's National Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Mumbai. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ AS, Sashidhar (18 March 2013). "60th National Awards winners list". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ "My hometown was the inspiration for 101 Chodyangal: Siddharth". The Times of India. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.