Crossroad (film) explained

Crossroad is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language anthology film comprising 10 stories.^[1] It is a portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women. The movie encompasses ten featurette films of fifteen minutes each. The movie showcases each vibrant and variant facet of a Woman and tells the story from her perspective.

Plot

Pakshikalude Manam: Mythili portrays a bird photographer whose life motto is to see (and seemingly photograph) a rare bird called Aphrodite. The bird has feathers colored like a rainbow and the photographer goes to the forest to see it, against her husband's wish. Will she be able to see the bird forms the crux of the story.

List of short films

Short film	Director	Cinematographer	Writer	Music Director
Oru Raathriyude Kooli			P. F. Mathew	Bijibal
Kaaval	Neemom Pushparaj		Salin Mankuzhy	Ramesh Narayan
Pakshikalude Maanam	Nayana Sooryan	Gowtham Lenin	Nayana Sooryan	Ajay Thilak
Mounam				Bijibal
Badar	Ashok R. Nath	Sunil Prem	Rajesh K. R.	Viswajith
Mudra		Sadat		Jayan V Pisharody
Lake House	Sasi Paravoor		Sasi Paravoor	M. Jayachandran
Kodeshyan				Sooraj S. Kurup
Chrerivu			Nelson Alex	Bijibal
Pinpe Nadappaval				Anitha Shaiq

Cast

Oru Raathriyude Kooli

• Padmapriya Janakiraman as Seema
• V. K. Baiju as a villager
• Suryakanth Udayakumar as The man met with accident

Kaaval

• Priyanka Nair as Devi
• Roslin as Devi's neighbour
• Shibu Laban as Sabu, the meter reader
• Pranav Nair as Devi's child
• Pradeesh Nair as Devi's husband
• Neemom Pushparaj as a person in the shop

Pakshikalude Maanam

• Mythili as the bird photographer
• Vijay Babu as the Husband, Joe
• Gangadhara Menon as the birdwatcher
• Sidhartha Siva as Tommy, the resort owner
• Chethan Jayalal as informer

Mounam

• Manasa Radhakrishnan as Sally
• Seema G. Nair as Mariyamma, Sally's Mother
• Anu Mohan as Jomon, Sally's love interest

Badar

• Mamta Mohandas as Badarunneesa
• Babu Annur as Madhavan Nair
• Kochu Preman as Ulahannan, Madhavan's friend
• Kailash as Unni, Madhavan's son

Mudra

• Isha Talwar as Gaya Parameshwaran
• Anjali Nair as Padmavathi
• Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Gaya's personal assistant

Lake House

• Richa Panai as Aimy
• Rahul Madhav as Aimy's husband
• Shobha Mohan as Aimy's mother in law

Kodeshyan

• Punnasserry Kanchana as Thresyama
• Chinnu Kuruvilla as Kunjumol, Thresyama's daughter

Chrerivu

• Srinda Arhaan as the passenger in the taxi
• Manoj K. Jayan as the taxi driver

Pinpe Nadappaval

• Anjana Chandran as the wife
• Joy Mathew as the drama director
• Sagar as the husband

Soundtrack

The film features original songs composed by Amrutha Suresh and Abhirami Suresh, Anitha Shaiq and M. Jayachandran.

Release

Critical reception

The Times of India rated 3 out of 5 stars.^[2] Sify rated 3.5 out of 5 stars.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Crossroad teaser: This Malayalam anthology film celebrates femininity, watch video. 2017-07-22. The Indian Express. 2017-07-23.
2. News: Crossroad Movie Review : Critic Review of Crossroad by Times of India. The Times of India .
3. Web site: Crossroad review: An unimpressive attempt. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015072949/http://www.sify.com/movies/crossroad-review-an-unimpressive-attempt-review-malayalam-rkplulhjhhdai.html. dead. 15 October 2017. .