‘Molten Mirror’ is a docu-series on Lijo Jose Pellissery’s ‘Jallikattu’
The Hindu
Directed by Vivian Radhakrishnan, the series has behind-the-scenes moments of ‘Jallikattu’, India’s official entry for Oscars 2021
It has been three years since Lijo Jose Pellissery came up with an exhilarating cinematic experience with Jallikattu (2019). With a simple storyline — a buffalo escapes from a slaughterhouse and an entire village tries to chase it down — the maverick director explored the vagaries of the human mind in its raw form, blurring differences between man and beast. The film was India’s official entry for .
Bringing home all the action behind the making of this globally-acclaimed movie is an eight-part documentary series, Molten Mirror, directed by Vivian Radhakrishnan. A 14-minute “introductory episode” has been released on YouTube to give a sneak peek into the series.
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