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'''''Makaramanju''''' ({{lang-en|The Mist of Capricorn|italic=yes}}) is a 2011 [[Malayalam language]] [[romantic drama film]] written and directed by [[Lenin Rajendran]]. The film is about celebrated painter [[Raja Ravi Varma]]'s life at a certain stage in his life. It also narrates the story of epic character [[Pururavas]]. Cinematographer [[Santhosh Sivan]] and [[Karthika Nair]] appears in the lead roles.
"Urvashi Pururavas" is the painting that has been woven into the narrative of the film. In a [[story within a story]] format, Lenin Rajendran intertwines the story of the artist with that of the mythological [[Urvashi]] and her beloved King Pururavas. The film received mixed reviews upon release. It was one of the five Malayalam films to be screened at the [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{cite
==Plot==
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==Cast==
* [[Santhosh Sivan]] as [[Raja Ravi Varma]] and [[Pururavas]]. Cinematographer [[Santhosh Sivan]] is on his acting debut through this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_Story.aspx?id=ENTEN20090115658&keyword=&subcatg=|title=Santosh Sivan to act as Raja Ravi Varma|date=6 November 2009|publisher=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=17 February 2011}}</ref> He dons dual roles in the film, and is pairing up with three different heroines.<ref name="Production"/> Coincidentally, Santhosh Sivan had made use of themes from Ravi Varma's paintings - ''[[Damayanti]] and the swan'', ''Lady in thought'' and ''Girl carrying milk tray'' in his directorial venture ''[[Anandabhadram]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Raja Ravi Varma's art makes song number one favourite | publisher = Now Running | url = http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.asp?it=4867 | accessdate = 17 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Ananthabhadram |
* [[Karthika Nair]] as Suganda Baai and [[Urvashi]]. Karthika dons her second full length role through this film,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmydum.com/top-stories/2946/%E2%80%98makara-manju%E2%80%99-was-a-tough-experience-karthika-nair|title='Makara Manju' was a tough experience: Karthika Nair|date=1 February 2011|publisher=Filmydum|accessdate=17 February 2011}}</ref> as well as makes her Malayalam debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/Karthika-debuts-in-Malayalam-with-Makaramanju-imagegallery-malayalam-jmsqk5icgba.html|title=Karthika debuts in Malayalam with Makaramanju|year=2010|publisher=[[Sify]]|accessdate=17 February 2011}}</ref> The film is considered to be a breakthrough in the actress's career and there have been reports that [[Academy Award]]-winning British director [[Danny Boyle]] was impressed with Karthika's performance in the film and has signed her in his next project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/62310.html|title=Karthika dazes Danny Boyle|date=13 December 2010|publisher=Indiaglitz|accessdate=17 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Lakshmi Sharma]] as Bhageerathi, Ravi Varma's wife.<ref name="Synopsis">[http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7143/malayalam/makaramanju/preview.htm "Makaramanju Synopsis"]. Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 17 February 2011.</ref>
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Lenin Rajendran was the first to make a film on [[Swati Tirunal]], the royal composer from Kerala. And through ''Makaramanju'', the filmmaker pays homage to Raja Ravi Varma. The director says it is the artist's special place in Indian art that had drawn him to his life. "A few years ago, I had done a play on Ravi Varma for [[Kerala People's Arts Club|KPAC]]. During my reading and research on him, I was fascinated to know more about the man and the circumstances in which those works were created. Here was a prince who had paid a price for pursuing his passion for the arts. He faced hostility and criticism but that did not put an end to his affair with brush and paint. Cases were filed against him but he fought against the orthodoxy and won the right to express himself. I felt there was space for a movie," he explains. Instead of a biopic on the artist, the director wanted to focus on the artist at work, and chose a single work to unfold the life of the artist and the period he worked and lived in. "Although his style was European, his themes were from Indian mythology. In each of his works on the Indian Puranas, he chose a point in the story that was filled with drama and emotion. I was stuck by the sensitivity and acumen of the man who used his brush to depict those moments. That is why I felt I could understand him better if I concentrated on a work and then narrate the story of the artist's creative process," says the director.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2496656.ece "The agony and the ecstasy"]</ref>
The principal production began in October 2009. The film's set has been put up in an old bungalow known as Church bungalow on the compound of a Lutheran church, near [[Pallichal]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]. The film was also shot in [[Kochi]] and [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Production">{{cite
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The film's music has been composed by [[Ramesh Narayan]]. There are eight tracks in the soundtrack, with lyrics by [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]], K. Jayakumar and Chandran Nair.<ref>{{cite
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