Paravoor is a coastal resort town in the Quilon (renamed Kollam) district of India‘s southern state of Kerala. It is about 15 km from Kollam town and 60 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. It lies on the Malabar Coast of India, fronting on the Arabian Sea. It has good communications by road, rail and sea.
Paravoor has the largest natural Backwater lakes (the Kaayal) in South Asia, and because of its situation it is an ideal location as a tourist resort. Both the beach and the Backwaters are rich in sealife and there are also facilities for leisure boating: fishing is permitted with permission. Swimming, surfing and boating are other activities.
There are many local attractions for the visitor. Among them are forts, temples and palaces. Nearby resorts are Aquaserene (in the Backwaters) and the Kollam lakes.
Paravoor is also famous for its handloom weaving: including the Chendamangalam Handloom factory.
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Notes on the tourist attractions (http://www.expresstravelandtourism.com/200403/backwaters03.shtml)
Fascinated by the art form, Paravoor decided to produce and direct the film after UNESCO recognised Koodiyattam as a masterpiece of intangible cultural heritage.
Paravoor familiarises the audience with the complex, ritualistic art form while essaying the story of a well-known Koodiyattam artist in a remote Kerala village.
Paravoor maintains the pace of the film by making sure that no shot is out of place, whether it is the emotionally charged scene of Unni's untimely death or the way drunken VIP guests walk in to watch Chakkyar's Koodiyattam performance.
But Paravoor must be glad he took the plunge, since the film won a number of Kerala State awards declared last February, including the award for the best lyricist of the year for Ponkunnam Damodaran, the best male playback singer for M. Jayachandran, and the best female playback singer for K. Chithra.
It may nevertheless have difficulty appealing to a wide audience, since not many know about this art of Kerala, though it was recognised in 2001 by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Paravoor feels it is all a question of presenting something different to audiences than what normally goes in the name of mass entertainment.
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