I saw this film just to know, why the jury gave national award for prakash raj for his outstanding act in this film . Though i dont know malayalam, I understood the film by reading the english subtitles during the film.

story:---

This is the story  happened in 1940's . In this movie praksh raj is a silk weaver and everyone in that village can't afford to buy a silk saree though they  work for their life time.Prakash raj wants her wife to come to their village with a silk saree so he saves money from his childhood so that he can be the only person in the village who own's a silk saree. But, he cannot afford a silk saree at the time of his marriage.The money he saved was only half to buy a silk saree.So, he will give a promise to his daughter in the ear during her birth that he will buy a silk saree to her at the time of her wedding.

But, he gives that money to his sister  to send her along with her husband.So,prakash raj starts to rob the silk threads from the silk factory where he is working,to fulfil his promise to his daughter .Prakash raj,also acted as Communist leader in this film.On one day Prakash raj gets caught while robbing the silk .he will be jailed for that and at last his daughter will die due to paralysis.This is the story of kanchivaram in a very short manner.

Performance:--

The acting of prakash raj was excellent.He acted very well as a communist leader and as a father.I think he was eligible to take national award for this film.His action during the climax was excellent.The other coactor named parthasarathy also acted well.This film has showed the life style of the silk weavers.

Technical Aspects:---

The direction was excellent.The taking of the film was good.The cinematography and the settings were very very natural.I will give a rating of 4 out of 5 for this film.overall this film was nice and should be watched to know the  life style of the silk weavers in 1940's.i enjoyed watching this film..