Mammootty’s Vidhyadharan, a character in his award-winning Bhoothakkannadi, develops hallucinations. In Mohanlal’s Thanmathra, a family is traumatised when the head of the family has an early onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Kumbalangi Nights is a classic example of a broken family, with the characters going through depression, emotional breakdown and more. These are just three of the many Malayalam movies that explore of the vagaries of the mind. Psychological conditions and mental illnesses have a certain following in Malayalam cinema.
Realising the popularity of such films, Psychopark at Vellanad, has a section that is devoted to creating awareness of the different kinds of emotional, psychological and mental issues discussed in the movies from various languages with the help of film clippings. The theatre is one of the highlight of this sprawling ‘psychological theme park’, on two acres at Vellanad, 20 kilometres from Thiruvananthapuram.
