Director: Priyadarshan; Writer: Venu Nagavalli; Producer: R. Mohan; Cinematographer: S. Kumar; Cast: Mohanlal, Jagathi Srikumar, Revathi, Thilakan, Innocent
Duration: 02:33:23; Aspect Ratio: 1.825:1; Hue: 20.317; Saturation: 0.145; Lightness: 0.320; Volume: 0.294; Cuts per Minute: 7.197
Summary: Priyadarshan's follow-up to his successful
Chithram (1988). Two down-and-out friends,
the tourist guide Jojy (Mohanlal) and the
photographer Nischal (Jagathy), encounter
Nandini (Revathi) whom they recognise from
an advertisement offering a reward for finding
her. They discover that she is trying to escape
from her tormentor and is in search of her
father. After scenes of romance and some
remarkable song picturisations, interrupted by
Nischal’s comically inept attempt to turn her in,
Jojy defeats the terrifying villain, a Hindispeaking
Muslim (often presented as the height
of evil in Priyadarshan films) and wins the girl.
Among the film's best moments are the comic
scenes between the retired Judge Nambiar,
played by the veteran Malayalam character
actor Thilakan, and his bungling servant
Kittunni (Innocent). Priyadarshan remade the
film in Hindi as Muskurahat (1992), with less
success.
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