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The God of Small Things (1997) is the debut novel of Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book is a description of how the small things in life affect people's behavior and their lives. The book won the Booker Prize in 1997.
The God of Small Things is Roy's first book and, as of 2010[update], is her only novel. Completed in 1996, the book took four years to write. The potential of the story was first recognized by Pankaj Mishra, an editor with HarperCollins, who sent it to three British publishers. Roy received half-a-million pounds in advances, and rights to the book were sold in 21 countries.
While generally praised, the book did receive some criticism for its verbosity and controversial subject matter.
The story, told here in chronological order, although the novel shifts around in time, primarily takes place in a town named Ayemenem or Aymanam now part of Kottayam in Kerala state of India. The temporal setting shifts back and forth from 1969, when fraternal twins Rahel and Estha are seven years old, to 1993, when the twins are reunited at age 31. Much of the story is written in a viewpoint relevant to the seven-year-old children. Malayalam words are liberally used in conjunction with English. Some facets of Kerala life which the novel captures are communism, the caste system, and the Keralite Syrian Christian way of life.
Actors: Prakash Raj (actor), Shriya Saran (actress), V. Jayaprakash (actor), R.B. Choudary (producer), Sathyan (actor), Lakshmi Ramakrishnan (actress), Jiiva (actor), L. Srinath (actor), 'Nandha' Saravanan (actor), Gokul (director), Gokul (writer), Monica (actor),
Plot: The film starts in the 1980s. A young Shiva (Jiiva) is taught by his grandfather (Prakash Raj) to be bold and brave and fight against all odds, especially all that's evil. Shiva grows up with his grandfather's words as the Bible. However, Shiva's parents (Jayaprakash and Lakshmi) want him to lead a peaceful life. Enters Priya (Shriya), a law college student. She is the daughter of a police official (Babu Antony). Obviously it's romance between the young man and the woman. Meanwhile, Shiva is forced to earn the wrath of a goon (Ganesh Acharya) and also he crosses swords with another baddie called Gowri. The rest, which is supplemented by electrifying stunt sequences, is about how Shiva emerges victor against all odds.
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance,Actors: Suraaj Venjarammoodu (actor), Janardanan (actor), Kavya Madhavan (actress), Suraaj Venjarammoodu (actor), Vijayaraghavan (actor), Salim Kumar (actor), Mammootty (actor), Biju Menon (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), V.K. Sriraman (actor), Suresh Krishna (actor), Abu Salim (actor), Manoj (editor), Shafi (director), Bijibal (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family,Actors: Narayanan Poomulli (editor), Narayanan Poomulli (producer), Narayanan Poomulli (producer), Narayanan Poomulli (writer), Narayanan Poomulli (director), Gopal Krishnan (actor), Narayanan Ravi Purayannur (composer), Navaneeth Ramadas (actor), Sandra As (actress), Priya Sethumadhavan (actress),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Suresh Gopi (actor), Siddique (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Bindu Panikkar (actress), Raveendran (composer), S.P. Venkatesh (composer), K. Rajagopal (editor), Biju Menon (actor), Saikumar (actor), Aishwarya (actress), S.N. Swamy (writer), Indraja (actress), Madambu Kunhukuttan (actor), Nazzer (actor), Shantha V. Nathan (producer),
Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Harisree Asokan (actor), Dilip (actor), Dilip (actor), Cochin Hanifa (actor), Salim Kumar (actor), Mammukoya (actor), Kochu Preman (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (actor), Machan Varghese (actor), Nedumudi Venu (actor), Bhavana (actress), K.P.A.C. Lalitha (actress), Kavya Madhavan (actress), Bindu Panikkar (actress),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Jayaram (actor), Biju Menon (actor), Siddique (actor), V.K. Sriraman (actor), Jayaraaj (director), Lena (actress), Kasturi (actress), Kumari Joemol (actress), Vavachan (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Indrans (actor), Jayaram (actor), Kalabhavan Mani (actor), Biju Menon (actor), Narendra Prasad (actor), Kochu Preman (actor), Pujappura Ravi (actor), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (actor), Valsala Menon (actress), Srividya (actress), Jose Pellissery (actor), Rajasenan (director), Meccartin (writer), Raffi (writer), K.T.S. Padannayil (actor),
Plot: Maya, a distant relative of the Maharaja has been chosen to get adopted to the Palace. But her father has one strong reason not to go for it - her fiancee Appu. Appu is like their family member, who looks after everyone in Maya's family. Maya's uncle dreaming of the fortune coming, developes a plan to make Maya hate Appu. He succeeds in that and Maya will be adopted to the Palace. Appu, with his close friend Mani decides to save her from the Palace. They get into the palace pretending as a distant relative of the Maharaja. What follows is a sequence of funny events..
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,Actors: Paravoor Bharathan (actor), Rajan P. Dev (actor), Indrans (actor), Janardanan (actor), Jayaram (actor), Narendra Prasad (actor), Premkumar (actor), Rizabawa (actor), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (actor), Meena (actress), Sangeetha (actress), S.P. Venkatesh (composer), Kanakalatha (actress), Adoor Bhawani (actress), M.S. Thrippunithara (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Baiju (actor), Gopi (actor), Balachandra Menon (actor), Venu Nagavalli (actor), Sankaradi (actor), Urvashi (actor), Urvashi (actor), Urvashi (actor), Kaviyoor Ponnamma (actress), Seema (actress), Balachandra Menon (producer), Balachandra Menon (writer), Balachandra Menon (director), Kannur Rajan (composer), K.P. Puthran (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Venu Nagavalli (actor), Sukumari (actress), Paravur Devarajan (composer), Sukumaran (actor), K.P. Ummer (actor), P. Padmarajan (writer), Mohan (director), G. Venkitaraman (editor), Jalaja (actress), Sreenath (actor), Ravi Menon (actor), Shobha (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Letting loose the lunatics wasn't the greatest of ideas
Giving them plans and money to squander
Should have been the worst of our fears
The dream life luxury living was a pleasant number 10 whim
But somewhere down the line of production
They left out human beings
They were gonna build communities
It was going to be pie in the sky
But the piss stench hallways and broken down lifts
Say the planners dream went wrong
If people were made to live in boxes
God would have given them string
To tie around their selves at bed time
And stop their dreams falling through the ceiling
And the public school boy computers
Keep spewing out our future
The house in the country designs the 14th floor
Old Mrs. Smith don't get out much more
Coitus interrupts 'cause of next doors rows
Your washing gets nicked when the lights go out
Baby's scream in the nightmare throng