Director: Siddique-Lal; Writer: Siddique-Lal; Producer: Appachan-Joy; Cinematographer: Venu; Cast: Mohanlal, Innocent, Kanaka, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Philomina, Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Duration: 02:27:19; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 31.144; Saturation: 0.046; Lightness: 0.307; Volume: 0.313; Cuts per Minute: 25.942
Summary: In this unlikely subject for a comedy,
Krishnamurthy (Mohanlal), a poor but brainy
Brahmin, is sent with an assistant (Innocent) to
work as a site officer for the Calcutta
Construction Company in a particularly grim
place known as Vietnam Colony. This place,
set in Kerala, is under the control of gangs and
slumlords who protect a small bunch of illegal
squatters on the company’s land. The task of
the two employees is to persuade the squatters
to vacate the land so that the company can
build on it. However, Krishnamurthy switches
sides and helps the poor people assert their
rights in the face of both the company and the
gangs. The use of innovative dialogue (a
Siddique-Lal trademark) and bizarre situations,
the displacement of stereotypes (eg. the
Muslim gangster and the dispossessed Muslim
Seth) and the performances of Mohanlal,
Innocent and Kanaka helped the film to
achieve its popularity.
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