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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Anantaram<br>(Thereafter)<br />
| image = Anantaram.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster designed by [[Gayathri Ashokan]]<br />
| director = [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
| producer = [[K. Ravindran Nair]]<br />
| writer = Adoor Gopalakrishnan<br />
| based_on =<br />
| starring = [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]<br/ >[[Mammootty]]<br/ >[[Shobhana]]<br />
| music = [[M. B. Sreenivasan]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Mankada Ravi Varma]]<br />
| editing = M. Mani<br />
| studio = General Pictures<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = {{Film date|1987|10|1|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 125 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Anantaram''''' ('''Thereafter: Monologue''') is a 1987 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film production written and directed by [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]. It stars [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] and [[Shobhana]] in the lead with [[Mammootty]] in an extended guest role. The film is structured like a monologue. It develops through a commentary by the protagonist about himself in the first person. The attempt of the protagonist is to narrate how his undiagnosed [[psychosis]] led him where he is now. The film was an experimental film for its time as it did not have a linear narrative.<ref name=IBN1/><br />
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The film won three [[National Film Awards]]. It was included in an online poll by [[IBN Live]] listing 100 greatest Indian films of all time.<ref name=IBN1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130425235149/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-81.html "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time"]. [[IBN Live]]. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><ref name=IBN2>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayabazar-is-indias-greatest-film-ever-ibnlive-poll/391184-8-66.html "'Mayabazar' is India's greatest film ever: IBNLive poll"] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/6W5lwHhfU?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150204142913/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayabazar-is-indias-greatest-film-ever-ibnlive-poll/391184-8-66.html |date=4 February 2015 }}. [[IBN Live]]. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><ref name=IBN3>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130501074840/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ibnlive-poll-vote-for-indias-greatest-film-of-all-time/387871-8.html "IBNLive Poll: Vote for India's greatest film of all time"]. [[IBN Live]]. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2620mv13.</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan ([[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]) about himself in the first person. Later he tells another story about his life with the same background. Finally both these stories fuse together.<br />
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Ajayan is born an orphan. He is brought up by a doctor. A brilliant child, Ajayan grows up as a reclusive person and a [[Thought disorder|confused]] youth. The beautiful Suma ([[Shobhana]]) arrives at their house after marrying Balu ([[Mammootty]]), his foster-brother. After Balan's marriage to Suma, Ajayan starts getting attracted to her at the very first sight. This eventually creates internal conflicts and guilt within himself. Ultimately this leads Ajayan to leave the house which ends in a disaster.<br />
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In the second story Ajayan narrates his confused youth and about the beautiful girl, Nalini who enters his life. Ajayan's mind shifts often between reality and an imaginary romantic world. Finally both these stories converge to a point where Nalini is Suma, his template for delusional escape. He in the end of his monologue says he is unsure whether he has said everything, and a young boy is shown skipping numbers while counting each treads of a stair.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Ajayan<br />
* [[Shobhana]] as Sumangali and Nalini<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Dr Balu<br />
* [[Sudheesh]] as teenage Ajayan<br />
* [[Bahadoor]] as Driver Mathai<br />
* [[Azeez (actor)]] as the gambler<br />
* Kukku as the nurse<br />
* Krishnankutty Nair as the ailing patient at the dispensary<br />
* [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Yogini Amma<br />
* [[Adoor Pankajam]] as Lakshmi Amma<br />
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==Themes==<br />
In ''Anantaram'', the theme of perception is dealt with through the protagonist, a youth who, like Adoor, has a bipolar character. In an interview, Adoor said, "''Anantaram'' is basically about perceptions. About a young, impressionable boy who lacks some sort of functioning. Though, my life was not very familiar, but I was searching for the familiar experience of growing up, struggling with life and relationships. What is in the frame and what is juxtaposed to it just outside the frame... or let us put it this way, it has to do with attuning to the reality just beyond perception. Actually this is part of daily experience though we don't analyse it."<ref name="Gowri Ramnarayan">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2220/stories/20051007001508200.htm |title=A constant process of discovery |author=Gowri Ramnarayan |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210115848/http://flonnet.com/fl2220/stories/20051007001508200.htm |archivedate=10 February 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
The film's overall reaction was mixed.<ref name="Gowri Ramnarayan"/> <!-- Film critic [[Baradwaj Rangan]] said, "".<ref>http://www.filmcompanion.in/article/southern-lights-a-reliably-unreliable-narrator</ref> --><br />
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==Awards==<br />
The film has been nominated for and won the following awards since its release:<br />
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'''1987 [[FIPRESCI Prize]] ([[Karlovy Vary]])'''<br />
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'''1987 [[National Film Awards]] ([[India]])'''<br />
* Won - [[National Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - Adoor Gopalakrishnan<br />
* Won - [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] - Adoor Gopalakrishnan<br />
* Won - [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]] - P. Devadas, T. Krishnanunni, [[N. Harikumar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Imdb title|id=0092557|title=Anantaram}}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110526011311/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/adoor_df8.html Of Life...On Films...: Adoor on ''Anantaram'']<br />
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