Q. Which Malayalam film won the coveted British Film Institute Award for the most original and imaginative film in 1982?

A
Elippathayam
B
Swayamvaram
C
Rajiv Anchal's Guru
D
Salim Ahamed's Adaminte Makan Abu
Solution:
  • Elippathayam is a 1981 Malayalam film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It stars Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sharada, Jalaja, and Rajam K. Nair.

  • The film documents the feudal life in Kerala at its twilight overshadowed with grief, and a sense of carelessness/avoidance as a form of revolt

  • In 1982, Elippathayam won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute.

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