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Clint : Unni Mukundan's upcoming film on child prodigy ​​Edmund Thomas Clin​t​ confirmed for August 11 release

Sree Prasad Nair | Updated on: 2 August 2017, 18:13 IST
Pic : Master Akul Yadav, Unni Mukundan, Baby Akshara Kishor

The release date of Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan's upcoming film Clint has been announced. The film, which is based on the famous child prodigy artist Edmund Thomas Clind who had made more than 25,000 paintings before passing away at the age of 7 has been directed by veteran director Harikumar and produced by Sree Gokulam Films. Master Akul yadav essays the role of Clint while the Muscle Aliyan and Rima Kallingal will be seen portraying the role of Clint's parents in the film, MT Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph.

Pic: Clint poster

And now the makers have decided to release Clint as August 11 release. The film was recently in news for the make over of Unni Mukundan in the film. The Mallu Singh will be seen in two different looks in Clint as 30-year old guy and 73-year old man.

Clint also stars Baby Akshara Kishor as the child role of Ammu Nair, who wrote the book A Brief Hour of Beauty: A tribute to Edmund Thomas Clint.

Pic: Unni Mukundan in Clint

Have a look at the track of A Brief Hour of Beauty: A tribute to Edmund Thomas Clint:

A month short of his seventh birthday, Edmund Thomas Clint dies.

The only son of MT Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph, the boy leaves behind a whopping 25,000 paintings that he created during his short lifetime. From chalks to crayons to water-colours, Clint used every possible medium to create drawings and paintings that depicted the world as he saw it, leaving art admirers and critics stunned at his maturity and convinced about his artistic genius.

Pic: Clint poster

Despite suffering from a debilitating kidney disease at the age of three, Clint relentlessly created art on themes as deep and intense as death, solitude, and love. Confined to his room most of the time, Clint gazed out of his bedroom window and communed with the slice of nature he could see. He yearned for visions that lied beyond. Pleased with his devotion, perhaps Nature unlocked the truth and treasures before his meditative eyes. She inspired him to draw for hours together, often deep into the night, and sometimes until daybreak.

A Brief Hour of Beauty is a moving account of Clint’s life, the world he lived in and how he celebrated them both through his art. Author Ammu Nair captures the brilliance of Clint’s craft and traces his life and swift evolution as a master artist from the very beginning till the end.

(inputs from Goodreads)

First published: 2 August 2017, 18:13 IST