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attract large audiences in Italy where it only received lukewarm approval from most of the critics. It did however enjoy an enthusiastic reception abroad. It has since become widely acclaimed by critics, and praised for its technical merit, although generally not viewed quite as well as some of Bertolucci's later films, due to his young age and lack of experience at time.
The film is cited as "one of the masterpieces of Italian cinema" by Film4, and it is featured in the book "1001 Movies You Must See
Kala Viplavam Pranayam" commenced on 14 August 2017 in Thiruvananthapuram. The narrative of Kala Viplavam Pranayam is three-layered and revolves around art, romance and revolution. Reportedly, Anson Paul plays the protagonist in the movie and would be seen romancing Gayathri Suresh who plays a bold lecturer with communist leanings.
During the shoot days of "Kala Viplavam Pranayam" the writer Aashiq Akbar Ali had received enough and more phone calls only because of a picture which depicts a Muslim girl wearing a burqa on the location holding a party flag