![]() ![]() ![]() After a golden period in the 50’s, the technology was making a comeback with films like Jaws 3D. That’s when I came across a 1974 issue of American Cinematographer, which detailed the concept, the origin and the technology behind 3D. ![]() “After 70MM, he was looking for something new for his next. “Jijo was the brainchild behind Navodaya’s technological innovations,” says cinematographer Ramachandra Babu, who shot Padayottam. Navodaya, the studio owned by Jijo’s father Appachan, had already made Malayalam’s first cinemascope feature, Thacholi Ambu (1978), and it was expected of Jijo to recreate its magic. Jijo Punnoose, the film’s director, had just come off the failure of Padayottam (1982), the country’s first indigenously shot 70MM film, featuring Prem Nazir, Lakshmi, Madhu and two up-and-coming actors named Mammootty and Mohanlal. The task of mounting this pioneering effort was one of a hundred little miracles. ![]()
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