Story: Celluloid covers the life of JC Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam film industry and his wife Janet, played by Mamta Mohandas. It also takes a look into the life of PK Rosy. The movie begins with JC Daniel’s(Prithviraj) entry in a Classic canvas of 1920’s. Celluloid tries to tell the audience the reason why Daniel and Rosy were disregarded and isolated from both life and cinema.
Performances: Prithviraj undoubtedly steals the show with his brilliant performance. He looks, talks and behaves like JC Daniel. In fact, Prithviraj has all the chance to win all the leading awards this year for this performance. Chandni, who has debuted with this film seems very promising and has done justice to her role. Mamta Mohandas, Sreenivasan and all other actors have acted very well. The film is an attempt to identify how and why Daniel and Rosy were disregarded and isolated from both life and cinema and thus pay penance to the cruelty meted out to them by the Malayalam film industry.
Verdict:Watch Kamal’s Celluloid to live the life of a man who lived and breathed cinema.