Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese shared a post on Tuesday and announced that Malayalam classic film Kummatty will be restored under his foundation.
The ‘Good Fellas’ director heaped praise for ‘Kummatty’ while announcing the premiere of the restored version of G Aravindan’s classic. The film foundation screening room is co-curated by Martin Scorsese along with Kent Jonas.
The Film Foundation launched the Restoration Screening Room to host films restored with the help of the foundation for free. The first movie that was restored and screened as part of this initiative was the 1945 romance drama, I Know Where I’m Going.
Kummatty is an adaptation of a Central Kerala folktale featuring a partly mythic and partly real magician called Kummatt. While announcing the premiere, he wrote, that Aravindan Govindan’s Kummatty is an adaptation of a Central Kerala folktale featuring a partly mythic and partly real magician called Kummatty. “A sweet and engaging story and a visually stunning film, Kummatty is a must-see, especially since it has been largely unavailable outside of India until now. Also, be sure to watch the special features with Govindan’s son, Ramu, and Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur,” Scorsese’s post read.
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