Ee.Ma.Yau.

Ee.Ma.Yau.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLijo Jose Pellissery
Screenplay byP. F. Mathews
Based onChaavunilam
by P. F. Mathews
Produced byAashiq Abu
Rajesh George Kulangara
Starring
CinematographyShyju Khalid
Edited byDeepu S. Joseph
Music byPrashant Pillai
Production
companies
OPM Cinemas
RGK Cinemas
Distributed byOPM Cinemas Release
Release date
  • 4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Ee.Ma.Yau. (Malayalam: ഈ.മ.യൗ.)[a] is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language independent tragedy film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by P. F. Mathews.[1][2] It stars Vinayakan, Chemban Vinod Jose, Pauly Valsan, Bitto Davis, Kainakary Thankaraj, Dileesh Pothan and Arya Salim in the main roles.[3][4] The film had its premiere on 30 November 2017 and was theatrically released on 4 May 2018.[5] The film revolves around the death and funeral of an older man from the Latin Catholic community in Chellanam, Ernakulam district. Lijo Jose Pellissery won the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for Ee.Ma.Yau.[6] The film won the Silver Peacock-Best Director and Best Actor (Chemban Vinod Jose) awards at the 49th International Film Festival of India. It also won two awards at the International Film Festival of Kerala viz. the NETPAC Award for Best Asian film in Competition and the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the best director.[7][8] It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the New Wave Movement.[9]


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  1. ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (5 August 2017). "Lijo Jose Pellissery begins directing his next after Angamaly Diaries?". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ Soman, Deepa (26 November 2017). "'Ee Ma Yau's' second teaser digs some laughter out of a funeral". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ Soman, Deepa (20 November 2017). "Vinayakan is Ayyappan in 'Ee Ma Yau'". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ Soman, Deepa (24 November 2017). "'Ee Ma Yau' teaser is featured on Ayyappan". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ Mathew, Tony (4 May 2018). "മരണത്തോളം സത്യസന്ധം ഈ ചിത്രം; റിവ്യു..." Manorama Online. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ^ "മരണത്തോളം സത്യസന്ധം ഈ ചിത്രം; റിവ്യു". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ^ Kerala, 23rd International Film Festival of (14 December 2018). "23rd International Film Festival of Kerala - IFFK2018 at Thiruvananthapuram". Retrieved 14 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "ലിജോ ജോസ് പെല്ലിശ്ശേരി മികച്ച സംവിധായകന്‍; ഡാര്‍ക്ക് റൂം മികച്ച ചിത്രം". Mathrubhumi. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  9. ^ "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade". The Hindu. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.