{"id":313382,"date":"2026-10-24T12:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313382\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T12:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:26:39","slug":"cm-satheesan-praises-bethlehem-kudumba-unit-says-film-took-him-back-to-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313382\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Satheesan praises \u2018Bethlehem Kudumba Unit\u2019, says film took him back to childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kochi, Oct 20 (PTI) Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Tuesday praised the Nivin Pauly-Mamitha Baiju-starrer Malayalam film &#8216;Bethlehem Kudumba Unit&#8217;, saying its treatment, portrayal of village life and warm human relationships kept him engaged throughout.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, Satheesan said he had watched the film with his daughter and her friend after a long gap, as his busy schedule had disrupted his habit of watching at least one film every month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to watch at least one film every month, but my busy schedule had made me give up the habit. After a long gap, I finally watched a film in one sitting yesterday (Monday)!\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Satheesan said he could easily connect with the film as it reminded him of his childhood and the village life he had witnessed growing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe village landscapes we saw back then, the people who lived there, the ordinary lives they led, the love they shared and the warm romances &#8211; &#8211; all these elements kept me glued to the screen,\u201d Satheesan said.<\/p>\n<p>The CM added that he wondered why he had taken so long to watch the film after it ended.<\/p>\n<p>Praising the performances, Satheesan said even actors who appeared in just one or two scenes had made their presence felt.<\/p>\n<p>The film made him laugh and, at times, moved him to sadness, he said, adding that he enjoyed it from beginning to end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis film is the result of complete teamwork,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Satheesan said writing a note appreciating a film was not something he usually did, but the experience had left him refreshed and prompted him to share his thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister also said he had called director A D Girish and actor Sangeeth Prathap to congratulate them.<\/p>\n<p>He could not reach actors Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju over the phone, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Satheesan also singled out Glikson, a role played by Roshan Shanavas, who had won a place in his heart along with the other actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with them, there is one more person who has found a place in my heart &#8211; -Glikson. Poor Glikson!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister congratulated everyone who had worked on the film. PTI<\/p>\n<p>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Federal staff and is auto-published from a syndicated feed.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kochi, Oct 20 (PTI) Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Tuesday praised the Nivin Pauly-Mamitha Baiju-starrer Malayalam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,3060,154,127980],"class_list":["post-313382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-kudumba-unit","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-keralam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}