About the end of the audience’s wait, Rajeev Ravi’s Uthamukh starring Nivin Pauly is hitting the screens on March 10. Listin Stephen’s Magic Frames is bringing the film to the theaters after overcoming many difficulties. Nivin plays the lead role of Mattancheri Moitu in this film. Nivin Pauly appears in various get-ups in the film, and the Kochi port of the twenties and forties has been recreated beautifully. The main theme of the film is the Chapa system of division of labor which existed in Kochi till 1962 and the struggle of the workers to end it.
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The story begins in the 1920s when the new Kochi port was being built. Many job seekers from different parts of the country gather in front of the offices of labor contractors. A time when laborers fought each other for the metal tokens thrown by contractors and builders, for jobs to get an earlier day’s wages.
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Later in the story moving to the 1940s and 50s, the overgrown Kochi port is the breeding ground of a mafia consisting of contractors, capitalists and union leaders who side with them. A time when workers have to fight for their right to work and live with dignity. Port is the story of the survival of a family and a nation going through this tumultuous period. A story of two generations torn between good and evil, tragedy and heroic resistance, hope and despair.
Rajeev Ravi is the cinematographer of the film which has a big star cast including Nivin Pauly, Joju George, Indrajith Sukumaran, Nimisha Sajayan, Poornima Indrajith, Arjun Asokan, Darshana Rajendran, Sudev Nair, Manikanthan Achari, Senthil Krishna, Santosh Keezhatoor. Gopan Chidambaran has written the screenplay and dialogues. Editor – B. Ajith Kumar, Art Direction – Gokul Das, Music – K, Shahbaz Aman. Lyrics are penned by Anwar Ali. Marketing Plan Obscura Entertainment.
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