A CINEMATIC experience of a different kind will hit Dubbo's silver screen next weekend, when Weekend Fun Production brings the Indian film Ennu Ninte Moiodeen to Reading Cinemas on Sunday, October 25.
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The real-life love story is Weekend Fun Production's second movie venture at Dubbo, after the showing of Premam back in July.
Unlike Premam, Ennu Ninte Moiodeen comes complete with English subtitles, and Weekend Fun Production's Jose Sunny said it was a must-watch.
"Set in the 1960s, Ennu Ninte Moideen is inspired by the real-life romance of Moideen and Kanchanamala," Mr Sunny said.
"At Mukkom in Kozhikode (in Kerala, India) lives Kanchanamala, the widow of a man she never married, an icon of unswerving love that could transcend tragedy, and even death.
"I had a great opportunity to talk to the director of this movie, Mr R. S. Vimal, over the phone a week ago [and] according to him, Kanchanamala, who is now around 75 years of age, survived 25 years of house-arrest and the untimely demise of her beloved."
The director, who spent three long years on the script, believes her story was much more than a local legend.
"R. S. Vimal added that Moideen and Kanchanamala grew up together, their fathers were thick friends sharing the same secular outlooks. She was the daughter of a Hindu landlord and he belonged to the most reputed Muslim family of Mukkom," Mr Sunny said.
"But all hell broke loose when love blossomed between the two. Moideen was thrown out of his house and Kanchana was kept under house arrest that lasted for 25 long years. The most important visual bonanza of this movie is the rain, and cinematographer Jomon T. John has captured it at its best."
Weekend Fun Production is made up of Jose Sunny and fellow movie buffs Abin C Alias and Jerose Joseph. Mr Sunny has been at Dubbo for nearly nine years, and said the trio's dream was to bring films from the Indian subcontinent to Dubbo audiences.
"The idea is to facilitate and promote a versatile movie culture in Dubbo, and provide opportunities for Dubboites to experience acclaimed Indian movies," Mr Sunny said.
"As Dubbo is becoming more multicultural, our aim is to also inspire other people from different nationalities to take initiative to bring their movies here. This will be a boon not only for cinemas lovers like us, but also for movie enthusiasts in our community, to have of taste of world cinema."
Ennu Ninte Moiodeen will be screened at Reading Cinemas Dubbo on Sunday, October 25 at 6pm.
Tickets start at $10 for primary school students, and must be pre-purchased by contacting Weekend Fun Productions on 0413 853 014, 0468 332 119 or 0434 041 227.
