Laptop
Rupesh Paul as a writer and a short film maker has been exceptional in his creative expressions. His debut short film venture "The Temptation Between My Legs" was even denied a Censor Board Certificate. Rupesh is now landing into feature films with an experimental cinema, when no one dares to experiment in Mollywood industry. Titled "My Mother's Laptop" and produced under the banner of Mother Movies, the movie is based on a short story ''Parudheesa Nashtam'' by Subhash Chandran. `Laptop' is said to be a path breaking film which takes a different view on human relationships, exploring the dichotomies of human mind.
The movie tells the story of an unwed mother who punishes herself by denying posthumous rituals to the father of her son. She keeps his ashes in an urn without performing rites so that he does not get access to heaven. Her only son Ravi, a theatre artist, more a vagabond, moves around leaving his mother alone, in search of mental balance. Ravi's strong passion for the theatre makes him a world renowned artist, who travels to far away countries across the globe and performs at all places.
A descendant of non marital relations, Ravi nurses feelings of guilt and contempt. Payal, a kolkatta born orphaned girl from his troupe develops a liking for Ravi who pressurize him to comeback to his mother. She shares a very different kind of relationship with Ravi and wants to join him on his trip home when he travels to Kerala to meet his mother. After thirty long years, Ravi now plans for comeback, with newer plans for his mother. The story takes a different turn as on the eve of his return, his mother drifts into a coma. Increasingly guilty of his belated appearance, Ravi now starts caressing and caring his mother like never before, the feeling for that desolate laptop of his mother and the need to pay back makes him hysterical. Ravi's personal tragedy is layered against the background of a Special Economic Zone that is expected to leave thousands of people displaced. The film also tackles many issues including the numbness that has crept into human relationships, in the recent times.
The movie is said to sensitively delve into the nature of human relationships, yearnings and disappointments that destiny makes in the deserted lives of it believers. Suresh Gopi who has become synonymous with action films for a year, attempts a different role playing Ravi. Gopi was much hooked by this story, which he feels is "innovative and will bring out another facet in my acting."He is altogether in a different getup playing an aged character with heavy beard. Padmapriya play Payal, the drama actress. Shwetha Menon will play the mother of Ravi in a dual get up of a lady at her thirties and sixties. She has to play two different stages in the character's life and this character is expected to be very different from any character that she has done till date. The cast also includes Urmila Unni, Madhuben and Harikrishnan
Indu Mnon pens the screenplay for the movie, based on the story by Subhash Candran. 'My Mother's Laptop' will feature seven songs written by Rafiq Ahamed and set to music by famous carnatic musician Sreevatsan J Menon, which are already noted for its differences from the regularly heard numbers. The movie cinematographed by V Vinod, is edited by Vijayakumar.
'Laptop' had worked on a sound and music design even before it went to shoot. The film also uses the best of the tone filters and Digital intermediate effects to achieve the desired excellence in visuals.
The director assures that his film will be loved by all who cherish goodness and love.
"I am confident of the outcome, from which I can say that `Laptop' will be a unique film that you never ever had witnessed in Malayalam. We are already getting offers from abroad. We also plan t