When cinema was introduced to India there was no separate role called director. It was Ellis R Dungan who revolutionized this trend. He was brought by Tandon group specially to direct a movie. Only after that Tamil cinema and Indian cinema know direction and cinematography are two different streams. Then came many directors to Tamil cinema again A cinematographer became a Director in Tamil cinema was Balumahendra. Director Balumahendra, Mahendran and Barathiraja were all revolutionary of yesteryear.
Balumahendra came to cinema as a Cinematographer then later he became a director too. Mahendran was a reporter and accidentally he became a director. Barathiraja came to act in cinema later he became a director. This drastic change in south Indian cinema happens time to time. Santhosh Sivan, K.V.Anand, Jeeva, another cinematographer turns to direction.
Now Cinematographer Jomon T John is all set to direct an epic film titled “Kairali” which will have Nivin Pauly in the lead. Jomon has worked on many Malayalam films such as Charlie, Ennu Ninte Moideen, Thira and Bollywood director Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal 4. The movie is said to be based on the unresolved mystery behind ‘MV Kairali’, Kerala's first ship that disappeared in 1979 near India with a crew of 49. National award winner Siddartha Siva will write the screenplay for the film that will be jointly produced by Nivin’s Pauly Jr Pictures and Real Life Works. According to sources, the movie will be shot in Goa and Delhi apart from Kerala. The film will also be shot across countries such as Djibouti, Kuwait and Germany.
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