Director: Prathap Pothan; Writer: M.T. Vasudevan Nair; Producer: Verghese Abraham; Cinematographer: Ashok Kumar; Cast: Balachandra Menon, Nedumudi Venu, Murali, Shankaradi, Vineeth, Geetha, Monisha, Manimala
Summary: Echoing aspects of Gopalakrishnan’s
Elippathayam (1981), Vasudevan Nair’s script
tells of the decline of a family of former Nair
rent collectors as various members give way to
greed and other weaknesses. The dramatic
trigger is provided by a government
compensation payment for confiscated forest
lands, and the rapacious members of the family
go to extraordinary lengths to appropriate as
much compensation money as they can get by
means both fair and foul. The story is told
mainly through the eyes of a poor village lad,
Keshu, returning from the city. The wellknown
director, B. Menon, can here be seen as
an actor.
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