Memoirs of Devaki – Oru Ammoommakkaalam, a short documentary shot and directed by Vinu, looks at COVID-19 through the eyes of the nonagenarian, as she reminisces about the epidemics and contagious diseases that Kerala has encountered till date. This “lockdown documentary”, as Vinu calls it, is set at his ancestral home at Sooranad in Kollam district. Devaki in a still from ‘Memoirs of Devaki - Oru Ammoommakkaalam’ | Photo Credit: Special arrangementVinu has been recording his conversations with his grandmother for some time and it became a regular affair during the lockdown. “When someone contracted small pox, people wouldn’t stay even in the neighbourhood. Devaki in a still from ‘Memoirs of Devaki - Oru Ammoommakkaalam’ | Photo Credit: Special arrangementAnd when Vinu showed her the final output, Devaki’s first observation was that she ought to have worn something nicer!

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 04:52 UTC