Table 6.0 Dreams & hallucinations, and it’s Signification in TV Chandran Films Film Dream (with screen time/scene no :) Signification
1 Ponthan Mada The climax sequence where Mada plunges into water,sheds his working cap, and swims across the water body to reach the other side, where his wife Karthu, and Sheema Thampuran are waiting for him
( 01:45:48 to 01:47:43) This signifies a kind of liberation, which never happened in his life, and finally he realizes his identity and becomes congruent with the personas of Sheema Thampuran and Karthu. Mada’s fantasy about murdering the Christian feudal lord in the theyyam costume by stabbing him on the chest.
( 01:25:34 to 01:25:49) This signifies the catharsis of Mada, which is the purification …show more content…
The subject might hear the person’s voice for a moment or briefly see his or her image. Typically, this type of hallucination disappears as the pain of your loss diminishes. And this signifies Resmi’s deep rooted association with Sheema Thampuran through the stories of Mada ( Scheff,1979). Mada’s fantasy in which he finds Sheema Thampuran and Resmi in a boat which he is pushing into water.
(01:38:01 to 01:38:13) This signifies his deep rooted association with Resmi through their interactions, and gives her a space next to Sheema Thampuran. Resmi is fantasizing herself as the daughter of Sheema Thampuran, and dancing with Sheema Thampuran and his wife.
(01:39:32 to 01:40:16) This signifies her deep rooted association with Sheema Thampuran through the stories of Mada, and assumes as the daughter of Sheema Thampuran.
2 Ormakalundayirikkanam Jayan dreams a sequence in which his father Nambiar along with maid Mariyamma being chased by people, and pelted with stones.
(01:17:26 to 01:18:14) In reality, when Jayan saw the illegal sexual relationship of his father with the maid, he is helpless and powerless to react, and that is fulfilled through the …show more content…
3 Vilapangalkkappuram Dream like sequence of Zahira, when she is with her care taker Gopalettan in tea estate, she sees and gently laughs at children going to school in their uniforms.
(01:01:41 to 01:01:54) This dream situation conveys her missing school days and her lost sister in Gujarat riots. Dreamy sequence where Zahira and her younger sister Shamla riding their bicycle through the streets and onlookers smiling at them, and suddenly the onlookers turns emotionless.
(00:04:38 to 00:4:53) This scene act as an index sign, and indicates the upcoming Gujarat riots, where Muslims are mercilessly attacked by the local Hindu fundamentalists before the insensitive police and helpless local community. Zahira’s hallucination, in which she hears the sound of Shamla and sees her image among school children.
(00:46:16 to 00:46:24) This is also a temporary hallucination, and this signifies Zahira’s deep rooted association with her sister Shamla.
4 Susanna Dream sequence of Susanna with her lost family members, where she is confessing to all the dead ones that she really loved and cared for
1 Ponthan Mada The climax sequence where Mada plunges into water,sheds his working cap, and swims across the water body to reach the other side, where his wife Karthu, and Sheema Thampuran are waiting for him
( 01:45:48 to 01:47:43) This signifies a kind of liberation, which never happened in his life, and finally he realizes his identity and becomes congruent with the personas of Sheema Thampuran and Karthu. Mada’s fantasy about murdering the Christian feudal lord in the theyyam costume by stabbing him on the chest.
( 01:25:34 to 01:25:49) This signifies the catharsis of Mada, which is the purification …show more content…
The subject might hear the person’s voice for a moment or briefly see his or her image. Typically, this type of hallucination disappears as the pain of your loss diminishes. And this signifies Resmi’s deep rooted association with Sheema Thampuran through the stories of Mada ( Scheff,1979). Mada’s fantasy in which he finds Sheema Thampuran and Resmi in a boat which he is pushing into water.
(01:38:01 to 01:38:13) This signifies his deep rooted association with Resmi through their interactions, and gives her a space next to Sheema Thampuran. Resmi is fantasizing herself as the daughter of Sheema Thampuran, and dancing with Sheema Thampuran and his wife.
(01:39:32 to 01:40:16) This signifies her deep rooted association with Sheema Thampuran through the stories of Mada, and assumes as the daughter of Sheema Thampuran.
2 Ormakalundayirikkanam Jayan dreams a sequence in which his father Nambiar along with maid Mariyamma being chased by people, and pelted with stones.
(01:17:26 to 01:18:14) In reality, when Jayan saw the illegal sexual relationship of his father with the maid, he is helpless and powerless to react, and that is fulfilled through the …show more content…
3 Vilapangalkkappuram Dream like sequence of Zahira, when she is with her care taker Gopalettan in tea estate, she sees and gently laughs at children going to school in their uniforms.
(01:01:41 to 01:01:54) This dream situation conveys her missing school days and her lost sister in Gujarat riots. Dreamy sequence where Zahira and her younger sister Shamla riding their bicycle through the streets and onlookers smiling at them, and suddenly the onlookers turns emotionless.
(00:04:38 to 00:4:53) This scene act as an index sign, and indicates the upcoming Gujarat riots, where Muslims are mercilessly attacked by the local Hindu fundamentalists before the insensitive police and helpless local community. Zahira’s hallucination, in which she hears the sound of Shamla and sees her image among school children.
(00:46:16 to 00:46:24) This is also a temporary hallucination, and this signifies Zahira’s deep rooted association with her sister Shamla.
4 Susanna Dream sequence of Susanna with her lost family members, where she is confessing to all the dead ones that she really loved and cared for