• Amith David

Abstract: Films as a modern art have gained immense popularity. Its closeness with depicting life in a realistic way has helped it in garnering popularity. Films are eminently suitable media for an analysis of spatial concepts due to its need to represent space. How we understand the reality around us is very much influenced by the visuals films have. The films that this paper attempts to analyse how slums are represented in Malayalam films are Best Actor(2010) and Thakara Chenda (The Tin Drum, 2007). The slums of these films are more presentational. The reasons behind such presentation are analysed. The movies are trying to disguise poverty. Instead of showing the realistic harsh surroundings of slums the viewers are taken away from the reality of slum life.

Malayalam movies, slum,space representation, Thakara Chenda, Best Actor

"Visualisation of Slum in Malayalam movies Best Actor (2010) and Thakarachenda (2007)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.f71-f74, June-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106711.pdf

"Visualisation of Slum in Malayalam movies Best Actor (2010) and Thakarachenda (2007)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no. ppf71-f74, June-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106711.pdf