Despite their family's disapproval, Vineeth and Ancy elope and get married. After 3 years, Ancy is pregnant and wishes to get in touch with her family. Will the two families belonging to opposing political factions make peace?
While there is an old-fashioned feel to the story telling, it moves along new paths that are twisted enough to keep us interested and also has us clenching our fists.
Sajimol Thomas whose life changes when she meets Saint Roch. Everything changes for good including her love life and surroundings until the Saint Roch's Statue disappears from the Church.
Eby and his lover Jeny have come a long way since the day they began their journey of assembling a wheelchair cricket team. Can they defeat an established state team and become the state`s official team?
Kallan D'Souza and his partner make a living committing petty thefts and are highly successful at it. However, a stubborn police officer threatens their operation.
A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.
Vairam movie tells the story of Sivarajan (PashuPathy) who fights for justice, as he looses his daughter Vairamani (Dhanya) who is raped and killed by Thalikkulam Josootty. When the law was blinded by political and money power, he had no other option than to hunt down josootty. An investigative journalist Annie Jacob (Samvritha Sunil) of a popular magazine diggs up the whole story, which becomes a sensation. An offbeat advocate Ravi Varma (Suresh Gopi) takes up the case for re investigation. The DYSP of crime branch Thomas Erali (Mukesh) investigates the crime with great zeal, and then the real truth is exposed. The advocate, police officer, and the journalist together starts the fight for justice.
An IPS officer investigates the murder of a leading criminal lawyer in the city. Things become further suspicious when a middle-aged person named Mathews becomes the witness.
Guru always helps his timid brother win accolades and promotions in his career as a policeman. But a brutal incident makes Guru realise that he needs to help his brother in another way.
Thampan and Antony are a long time best friends and business partners who owned a saw mill at Kattappana in the past. A family tragedy and its falling-out separates them for good. But now Antony and his family faces a grievous situation, and he is forced to ask his old friend for a help out. The timeline of the story spans over two generations
The story is about Unnikrishnan, who spent his entire childhood in a juvenile home for killing his uncle, the murderer of his parents. One day Unnikrishnan saves the life of a do-gooder, Kasim Baba. Unnikrishnan becomes Kasim Baba's most trusted man and later becomes the Don.
Goparajan / Gopan, a native of Neyyattinkara and a real estate tycoon buys a large piece of land in Chittur for a construction purpose, but on his arrival, he learns that the residents are forcefully and unlawfully evicted from their properties by an Andhra based real estate mafia using illegal land acquisition rules with support from the local authorities and government officials.
Abraham Mathew Mathan aka Paappan, a voluntarily retired S.P. from the Crime Branch who is unwillingly reinstated to the force for investigating a long-standing murder case.
An arrogant yet righteous man decides to get married to a woman, who has been suffering at the hands of her relatives. Little does he realize that an enmity from his past is going to invite trouble in his personal life.
A biopic based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema. It is a detailed account on Daniel's life, making of his film Vigathakumaran and the tragic story of Vigathakumaran's heroine P. K. Rosie. The film is particularly based on the novel Nashta Naayika by Vinu Abraham (which details the story of Rosie) and the biography of J. C. Daniel by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan.
Roy and his friends expose the misdeeds of Sahadevan, a corrupt politician, and soon the friends are found murdered. Later, when Roy dies of an illness, Jayan discovers Roy and Sahadevan's past.
Chacko and Hari are two young ad professionals who are fed up with their boss (Sandra Thomas) and her tantrums. They decide to take a break and head to Goa, where Chacko ends up meeting a beautiful foreigner (Sabreen Baker). The rest of the story revolves around their return from Goa, a mysterious bag and an extremely angry boss. Chacko and Hari is played by Asif Ali and Aju.
Three estranged brothers, who are also princes in a royal family, set out on a journey in search of a treasure. However, a mysterious revelation about the journey sorts out all the conflict between.
Indrajith plays the role of a police officer while Mani plays an underworld don. The story progresses as both of them fight each other, for their siblings.
Vidyalakshmi marries Shanavas against her family's wishes. After Shanavas gets killed in an accident, she finds herself all alone with her daughter. Facing severe financial crisis, fate brings her in touch with Preman.
Hari and his two friends who get embroiled in a murder case under unusual circumstances. They deal with the power-play, haplessness and trauma.
Sam Alex, an ex-police officer, resorts to alcohol to ease the pain of his family loss. His life turns around when he is called to investigate a series of murders executed in a similar fashion.
Jo & Jo is a coming of age comedy-drama that tells the story of how a few youngsters in a village enjoy their life when the world itself shuts down due to covid19 pandemic and how their life fell apart after an unexpected event happened.
Punyalan Agarbattis is the story of Joy Thakkolkaran, a young entrepreuner from Thrissur. His new business venture 'Punyalan Agarbattis' involves manufacturing agarbattis from elephant dung. Fragrance and quality of his incense sticks aside, its mosquito repellant capabilities too have pleased those who tried the samples. However, Joy suddenly has a new set of people and problems as 'Punyalan Agarbattis' comes to a halt.
Advocate Mukundan Unni wants to be successful and leaves no stone unturned to achieve growth, prosperity, and respect. But this steadfast nature aided with an ample dose of greed comes with a cost.
Three friends decide to hire a prostitute on the day of the Aatukaal Pongala - a Hindu festival in Trivandrum - when their wives are busy.
Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal narrates the sequence of events that follow the protagonist's bachelor party.
Flat No.4B is a family oriented Malayalam movie based on social commitment element directed by Krishnajith S Vijayan and produced by Arun Prasad.
The prime minister of the nation gets killed and an efficient police officer, Sivaraman, gets appointed by the government to solve the murder mystery. He gets ninety days to accomplish the mission.
Kanchipurathe Kalyanam movie revolves around two brother-in-laws, Rajeev Menon (Suresh Gopi)
Karuppar Nagaram
Twin brothers who have been cat-and-mouse right from inside their mother's womb get separated when they are young. What happens to their enmity once they meet again?
Tourist Home is a 2013 Malayalam thriller film directed by Shebi. The film traces a series of incidents that take place in the 10 rooms of a tourist home. The plot revolves around the following characters: two young boys who have a bad past due to their unethical lives, an old man who has come for the medical aid for his grand son in the medical college, a policeman and a whore, a woman who is forced to search unlawful means to earn money to meet the medical expenses for her ill husband, a man who fear to attend an interview and his friend, an astrologer who chants different ways to get a peaceful mind, a daughter who tries to remind the unethical ways of her father, a woman, her daughter and dance master to participate in a dance reality show, a woman who has come to abort her pregnancy from her husband's friend, and a gang who has taken a room for gambling, who are all staying in that ten rooms of the Tourist Home.
A group of friends with dreams planned to loot a huge amount from a businesswoman by kidnapping her husband.
Parthiban, the son of the late Jayakkodi Thevar, a powerful patriarch in Theni, accidentally kills the son of Veera Thevar while trying to save his stepbrother, leaving Veera Thevar and his remaining sons bloodthirsty for revenge.
Months were over after the dreaded 2008 Mumbai attacks. A terrorist group led by Saifudeen (Daniel Balaji) planned bomb blasts in five places in Kochi. At the same time, Sakriya Thomas, the Home Minister of Kerala arrived at the hospital for his wife's delivery. Meanwhile, the terrorist group was planning to kidnap the Home Minister and his newborn baby. Saifudeen kidnapped three newborn babies and Dr. Balagopal (Mohanlal) came looking for them. Meanwhile, the Home Minister is kidnapped by Saifudeen's men. In the end, Balagopal kills Saifudeen and saves Home Minister and the babies. All the terrorists were captured or killed by the police.
Day Night Game Malayalam Movie is Director : Shibu Prabhakar ,Producer: : Shyju NP, Starring :Jithan Ramesh, Maqbool Salmaan, Archana Kavi, Bhagath Manuel, Shobha Mohan, Mamukkoya, Sudheesh, Shivaji Guruvayoor, Anil Dhuniya, Anil Murali, Sreejith.
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Oru Second Class Yathra is a comedy thriller where Vineeth Sreenivasan and Chemban Vinod play thieves, while Sreejith Ravi and Joju George play the roles of police officers. The film is set on the journey of these four in the train from Kannur Central Jail to Thiruvananthapuram.
Set in the backdrop of the picturesque Munnar, it tells the story of Iyob, a slave-turned-master.
Frustrated by the injustice and hypocrisy of society, few good hearted thieves try to pull the heist of a lifetime to humorous ends.
In a small town, a cowardly police constable must survive his first days of duty when a convicted felon in lockup wishes to seek revenge.
Pakru plays a Communist Vettoor Sivankutty in the film. He gets married to a beautiful girl (Sruthilakshmi), who doesn't believe in communist ideals. She is a big fan of superstar Pavan Kumar (Mukesh). The movie develops to Sivankutty's plight when Pavan Kumar arrives in the village for a film shooting.
Josekutty is a hard-working auto rickshaw driver from a good family. Josekutty falls in love with Jansi, whose sister Nancy is an unwed mother of a boy. Josekutty is asked to see Nancy for an arranged marriage, and he mistakenly thinks that Jansi is Nancy, and he agrees to the marriage.
The film takes a look at the life of a terrorist. Anwar starts off making money on small-time hawala deals, but later transitions to bombing plots. He becomes a big name in the Coimbatore crime world and wins the heart of Ayesha. Is he really what he seems to be or does Anwar’s past hold an even darker secret?
8 year old Deva Nanda from Panchalimedu village is unhappy that her pilgrimage to Sabarimala is delayed and decides to go with her friend.
Returning from the states to marry his girlfriend, a common man is blamed for the murder of a local don due to their enmity in the past. He is caught in a web of conspiracies as he struggles to prove his innocence and the don's in-laws order their henchmen to take him down.
Movie is about a retired master thief Keluvashan and his dearest disciple Kallan Benny. Once a young man came to see Keluvashan and expressed his wish to study the tricks and secrets of theft.
In the comedic chaos of "Chor Chor," pickpockets unwittingly exchange a stolen statue for a meal, leading to a hilarious alliance with rival thieves in pursuit of treasure.
A team of four expert policemen go through extreme trials and tribulations to find the killer of a young woman.
Movie narrates the story of a couple, Akash and Vani. They go on a personal trip to spend some quality time with each other and the resulting incidents are plotted.
"Homely Meals" is an entertainer starring Atlee Srindha Ashab, Manoj K. Jayan, Nedumudi Venu, Kailash, Sudheer Karamana, Joju, Neeraj Madhav and Sijoy Varghese in pivotal roles.
While Pranchiyettan, a devotee of St. Francis of Assissi, attains the best of riches, he is unsatisfied with his reputation and sets off to popularise himself as a celebrity in society.
Directorial debut of ‘Anl’ Arasu and protagonist debut for Surya
Felix, a thug, grows under the care of Marian Asan, who is the don of the place. Felix's life takes a turn when he falls in love with his childhood friend Salomi.
The story is set in the 1990s in a village and discusses the entry of globalization in there in a satirical manner. Vinayan is a young man, who works as an operator in Sreedevi Talkies, an old 'C' class cinema theatre. The owner of the theatre is Madhavan Nair, who is also the godfather of Vinayan. The effects of globalisation start reflecting in the functioning of the theatre.
In Kerala, the Adat family reigns supreme in the gold trade and other influential businesses. With George Peter as the respected patriarch and Marco as the fearsome adopted son, their empire is built on power and loyalty, but their world is fraught with danger and conflict
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The film is about how a set of officials try to deal with a bomb threat happens in a single day in the city of Mumbai. The movie revolves around a taxi driver in Mumbai. Badusha does the lead role of Bhagath, a taxi driver. Marina Michael Kurisingal does the female lead. She plays Nandhita, a passenger in the taxi driven by Bhagath. A thrilling story follows with the arrival of an anonymous message to the special office under Anti Terrorist Squad.
Priyadarshan (Tini Tom) is a dubbing artist for TV serials and Ad-Films. He got married to Anjana (Aditi Roy) for 4 years and his family life was peaceful without any Issues. Only worry they had was about not having a child. To overcome that, they started engaging themselves in socializing and mixing with their friends without realizing where to control and restrict their friends in their personal family space. Priyadarshan and Anjana are such couple who openly speaks their issues each other and resolve the same.
Vandana and Aby are outstanding volleyball players. An accident changed Aby's life forever. Aby is so disheartened that his dream will never come true. Vandana sets off to Central Jail to select efficient players to fulfill Aby's wish.
The lives of Angel and her two aunts Annie and Mercy are transformed, when Aby walks in, as their tenant. After a bout of initial resistance from Angel, romance strikes, and the two fall in sincere love.
Joppan's failed romance excuses him to be an alcoholic. Hoping to start a new life, he seeks out for some love but would fate favor him this time?
Punyam Aham is set in a small village in northern Kerala. The protagonist is Narayan Unni (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a young man with a Brahmin father and low-caste mother, who separated, leaving the mother to raise him alone. The film tells the story of Unni leaving home and searching for his identity, and then repeating many of his father's mistakes in life. It is based on the story in traditional folklore about Naranath Bhranthan and his father Vararuchi.[1]
This is a drama movie
All that David Pauly ever wanted in life was to witness the downfall of his high school nemesis Chembaden Joey. When Joey louses up Davy's betrothal ceremony, Davy and his friends vow to scheme up something that would button up Joey forever. Enter Giri, a village boy who joins the gang on the mission, for vested interests of course. But little did he know then, about Baagirathi or the misadventures that awaited the gang on their revenge quest.
In the remote hills of Malakappara, a newly reinstated police officer uncovers a decades-old crime, unraveling buried secrets and exposing betrayal, corruption, and a haunting truth
The movie revolves around a village, facing danger from a psychopath, who just escaped from a mental hospital where he was under police custody.
Dum is the story of a goon named Xavier and his henchman Antony and the struggle they face to achieve their goals.
The story depicts the campus life of the 80s. Zacharia Pothen is a rich and spoiled senior student who is also ruthless and arrogant. He is always accompanied by his friends for whose happiness, Pothen can go to any extent. Pothen and his friends have a lot of fun and experience many exciting events in the course of their campus life. The film is a campus love story with a lot of comic sequences to enjoy the 80s campus life.
An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.
Mathai (Jayasurya) is an innocent auto driver who unnecessarily interferes into the problems of others with a good intention of solving them.[2] The story is happening on a harthal day, when Mathai came to meet his fiancée Bhama. The story revolves around a series of incidents when he tries to solve the problems between Dr. Nandakumar (Mukesh) and his wife Geeta (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy).
Ram Menon is a nature lover who runs a resort in the middle of the forest to cater to people who wants to get away from their busy lives. Malini is an urban housewife who's having issues with her husband Elvis. She visits the resort for peace of mind and instantly falls in love with the place and eventually the owner.
A journalist, investigating traffic violations in a city, comes across mysterious happenings and lands herself in a dangerous situation.
The film tells the story of Thamburu, a homosexual man who struggles to fit in an insensitive society.
When a black and white TV is sent from Dubai to a family in a remote village in Calicut, it becomes the darling of its residents. While the idiot box keeps the people busy, a love story sprouts between two young hearts of the suburb.
In a rustic village in Kerala, a group of old wrestling aficionados led by "Captain" Das is at odds with the youth of the village who are more into cricket. Though a former wrestler himself, the Captain's son Anjaneya is also part of the cricketer gang. Anjaneya is forced to go to college in Punjab by his father and there his paths cross with a Punjabi girl Aditi who's coincidentally also a wrestler. Due to unforeseen circumstances both of them end up returning to Anjaneya's village in Kerala.
Olappeeppi portrays the story of an ordinary Malayali family and the changes in the socio-economic scene in Kerala from 1970's to the 2000's . As the name suggests, its about colours of the past, taking us to that era along with a boy named Unni and his grandmother.
A budding entrepreneur fights social injustice in his bid to establish his new business.
After hit movie Shikaar, director Padmakumar's next titled as Thiruvambadi Thamban. S.Sureshbabu, the writer of Shikaar will penned for Thiruvambady Thamban. Jayaram and Haripriya play the lead roles . Tollywood actor Kishore is doing as villain and Myna fame Thambi Durai plays a vital role. Jagathy Sreekumar, Kalabhavan Mani, Nedumudi Venu also includes the cast. Thiruvambady Thamban is being produced by Alexander John under the banner of Jini Cinema. Cinematography is by Manoj Pillai, Ouseppachan will scored music and art section handled by Manu Jagath.
The film is about an ordinary middle class man whose life turns upside down when a criminal tries to control him. It's about his struggles and how he comes to terms with his life.
Ramanunni, who was the MLA of revolutionary party CDP, crosses over to the opposition as their candidate for the by-election. He procures a revolver and when one of his arch-enemies is gunned down, Ramanunni becomes the suspect. The protagonist's attempt to wriggle out of the wrangle forms the rest of the plot.
Red Run is a Malayalam movie starring Sreejith Ravi in a prominent role. The movie also stars Sunil Sukhada and Babu Antony. It is a crime drama thriller directed by Ram Baburaj.
Kanthari is the story of Rani, who is brought up by some prostitutes in Kochi. They give her good education and have great hopes about her. Since she is born and brought up in difficult situations she grows as a fearless and bold girl. ‘Kanthari’ is a thriller that takes a peek into certain present day social issues.
Two years after the events in 4 the People, a group of four students join up to fight corruption in education. They are angered with the suicide of a student who does not get a loan for her studies. The police department brings Rajan Mathew (Sunil) back from the administrative job that he had been shifted to for killing a student
Indira who comes back to her village after many years is shocked to see her childhood friend Unni rebellious. However, she tries to give him support and bring a change in his life.
The story revolves around a mahout and his trained elephant.
The story starts with the inauguration of the first-ever Mechanical batch in an engineering campus. The batch consists of boys only. Later in the second year of the department, a girl joins and becomes the only girl to be a part of their batch. As the story evolves, the girl grabs all their love and attention and becomes the QUEEN of the batch.
Hussain is a renowned researcher and one fine day he goes missing. Jahanara, his daughter, returns from Berlin and tries to find him for three months with no luck. The local law enforcement also seems to be clueless. That's when Jahanara and her friend take things into their own hands and set out to find her father. They embark on a difficult journey and have to endure a lot of hardships. But Jahanara doesn't give up.
Shankaranunni (Baburaj) is an eccentric cop in the Kerala Police Dept. with a lackadaisical characteristic and is married to Lekshmy (Sunitha Varma), the only daughter of a senseless politician from Tamil Nadu. Instead of serving his duty or investigate crimes, he likes to remain at his home 'Pulikkattil' as he does agriculture work, continuously opting for medical leaves. But as the murder of a college student comes to fore, he is forced to take charge of the investigation. How he sorts out the mystery forms the rest of the movie.
Set in the small town of Kerala, Irinjalakuda, Suvarnapurushan is about the ardent fans and loyal followers of the Malayalam superstar, Mohanlal. It revolves around a lady, the owner of the Mary Martha theatre and her struggles and fights with other theatre owners in the town to release Mohanlal's movie Pulimurugan in her theatre.
A tale of two men falling for the same girl Ammukuty, who is completely oblivious of their love. While Prakashan and Suku fight amongst themselves for her love, a third man vying for it enters her life.
A stranger keeps threatening a man, promising him that he will kill him after a week. Who is the stranger and what is he after?
Thalappavu (English: The Headgear ) is a 2008 Malayalam film loosely based on the events related to Naxal Varghese and Police Constable P. Ramachandran Nair. The film portrays the social and political issues of the Naxalite era of the 1970s in Kerala.
Thanaha portrays the story of two friends Vishnu and Roy who end up in the Police service after the death of their fathers. What follows is how Vishnu and Roy unravel the mystery behind the case of a missing culprit.
Chandu gets employed by Jayan, who is a local sand miner. He earns Jayan’s trust quickly, but certain things were waiting to go wrong as well and thus begins the cat-and-mouse game.
Four brothers try to find the mystery behind the murder of woman who raised them.
Roshan has a crush on Priya, his classmate. His friends pull out all stops to help him. Will Roshan find his true love?
Five strangers who met online decide to shoot a short film in an old mansion but instead experience paranormal activity during their activities.
The film revolves around the rivalry between two music bands in a college campus.
The film revolves around a mother and her four sons and their life of crime. Things take a turn with the arrival of a young man called Mustafa, bringing unexpected twists and turns to the tale.
1948 Kaalam Paranjathu
Kerala Today is a 2015 Malayalam movie directed by Kapil Chazhoor starring Maqbool Salmaan, Sreejith Ravi, Sunil Sukhada and Acharya. The movie is produced by AS Mithun and Sujeesh Kallupalam and the music composed by Shainu.
3 friends accidentally kidnapped 100 children from an orphanage.
Jungle.com is a Malayalam movie starring Sreejith Ravi and Gaurav Menon in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Arun Nischal, with Rajesh Raghavan as the producer, forming part of the crew.
Nithin, a struggling filmmaker is reminiscing his first and unrequited love, Varsha through the days of his plus two classes. This is their coming-of-age story of romance.
A comedy thriller film directed by Deepak Narayan, starring Arasu Nadarajan, Dona Sankar and Appu Kutty in the lead roles.
When Kunjabdulla was young, he left everything behind including his hometown and his childhood sweetheart; and shifted to Mumbai. One fine day, Kunjabdulla sets out on a journey in search of his childhood friend and classmate Aleema, after 19 years.
The son of a popular martial arts expert, Manikkunnel Ittymaani is an impulsive man who keeps landing into trouble.
Bhasi (Kalabhavan Mani) following his father's footsteps moulds himself to be the leader of a powerful gang of goons. The entry of Zaheer Musthafa invites trouble into his life as he soon realizes that not all those who stand by him have the best intentions.
Satyanarayanan's father wants him to become a police officer, but he dreams of becoming a boxer. This leads him to fall into bad company and eventually transforms him into a gang leader.
Uriyadi is a Malayalam movie starring Aju Varghese and Manasa Radhakrishnan in prominent roles. It is a comedy drama directed by A J Varghese.
Varadanunni comes to know that his father and sister were killed by a criminal, Shankar Das. He joins hands with an ageing thug, Vincent Karanavar, and his daughter, Maria, to seek revenge.
Chiri is an Indian Malayalam language movie whivh tells a tale of friendship. The film is said to be a light-hearted entertainer revolving around a group of youngsters, a wedding, and a troublemaking colleague from their school days who shows up unexpectedly years later to cause more problems.
Das, who regularly bunks school, is unhappy with his family as they admire his brother for doing well at school. Tragedy strikes when an accident takes place, and at the same time, Das falls in love.
Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a 19th century fiery social reformer and his unswerving fight against the dominant caste oppressions by the upper classes.
The life of Shaji, a laid-back youngster, turns upside down when someone from his past pays him a visit.
Five men run a failing coffee shop in Trivandrum city. Due to the people around them, they get into trouble. This fun thriller is about how they get out of it.
Kuttante Shinigami
A misperception that developed among Vannathikkavu locals over a young man who portrays Lord Srirama in a ballet drama that was performed at the temple festival.
Hashim, a young boy living in the neighborhoods of an affluent Hindu family that owns an elephant named Shekarankutty, is accused of stealing the tusker's golden chain. Hashim's family is shamed by the rich for the crime and they are forced to leave the village. Years later, Hashim, now a wealthy man returns to the village, only to see the once affluent family is now facing financial crisis. What happens next, forms the crux.
Lovely
The film is, ironically, about the breakdown of a marriage that began with love. Although the skillful blending of the mystery and relationship drama revolves around the couple, a motley bunch of characters keep cropping up, saying and doing bizarre things that may not always make sense, but as the plot unfolds, it all transforms into a psychological game of 'what' and 'what next?' In short, it's a nail biting psychoanalytic thriller shows the troubling inner workings of a toxic marriage reveal themselves in surprising ways after one of the couple's feuds spins out of control.
After a toxic childhood under an abusive father. Chandhu became an extremely violent person. But after a point, his aggressive ways become a headache for his family, and he decides to stay away from any sort of violence to keep a promise to his mother. But will that promise hold?
The relationship between two people, their complexes and pride.
Four reckless kids, while trying to cover up an accident, find themselves caught in dangerous situations - chased by cops, dim-witted thugs and their own bad choices.
Story revolves around Nagendran and his wives who he marries due to different circumstances.
Eight legendary filmmakers collaborate with 9 superstars, breathing life into the timeless stories of author M.T. Vasudevan Nair. Based in Kerala, these stories explore the nuances of human nature.