Inside the Kalari

Inside the Kalari

India/2007/DV/20min/English
Directed by Ian McDonald

Camera: Ian, Geetha
Editing: Ajithkumar B.
Music: Ajayan Namboodiri
Production Manager: Radha J.
Producer: Geetha J.

Inside the Kalari is a lyrical and atmospheric portrayal of kalarippayattu,the martial art indigenous to the southern Indian state of Kerala, filmed in a traditional kalari located in Thiruvananthaparum. It focuses on the choreographed movements of the practitioner’s bodies as they progress through various levels of training and practice, to capture the aura and essence of kalarippayattu through the day-to-day-ness of its existence.

Inside the Kalari is dedicated to one of the last of the legendary masters of Kalari: Gurukkal C.V.Govindankutty Nair (1930 – 2006).