When the 69th national film awards were being announced in Delhi on August 24, writer-filmmaker Shahi Kabir was at Ilaveezhapoonchira in Kerala’s Kottayam district, 3,200ft above sea level. As a civil police officer once stationed there, Kabir had worked in a cramped tin shed that doubled as a wireless station for the Kerala Police and living quarters for the policemen manning it.
The staying conditions have since improved, but Kabir skilfully recreated those days for his directorial debut—Ela Veezha Poonchira—a murder mystery involving two policemen, in 2022.
His latest trip there was to see Nidhish G., a fellow officer, dear friend and the scriptwriter of Ela Veezha Poonchira. “The place has connectivity issues, making me completely inaccessible,” Kabir told THE WEEK in his baritone. “I do not know who delivered the news, but someone told Nidhish that I was chosen for the national award for best original screenplay for Nayattu.”
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