Mathilukal

Name: Mathilukal
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Released: 1989-01-01

1989 film by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

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Released: 1989
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Screenwriter: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Producer: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Cast: Mammootty
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: biographical film
, romance film
, drama film
Country of origin: India

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Mathilukal (transl. Walls) is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language film written, directed, and produced by Adoor Gopalakrishnan based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. The film focuses on the prison life of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and the love between him and Narayani, a female inmate of the prison, who remains unseen throughout the film. Mammootty plays the role of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer while K. P. A. C. Lalitha gives voice to Narayani. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival.

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Based on: Mathilukal
Director of photography: Mankada Ravi Varma
After a work by: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Title: മതിലുകൾ
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work

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