Director: Satheesh Venganoor; Writer: Shahudeen, Satheesh Venganoor; Producer: Itihas Films, Bushura Shahudeen; Cinematographer: V. Aravindakshan; Editor: K.P.S. Unnithan; Cast: Master Vineeth, Narendra Prasad, Maya Uthradamthirunal, A. Shahudeen, Baby Surendran
Summary: Malayalam children’s movie in which the
young protagonist Kochunni (Vineeth) has
problems with his disciplinarian father and
sibling rivalry with elder sister Suma. He
retaliates with some nasty pranks, while his
grandmother’s tales provide an escape into
private fantasies. The grandmother dies and the
boy’s girlfriend, Nazima, moves away. He falls
ill and, in the end, is reconciled with his
distraught parents. Much of the film lovingly
photographs the lifestyle of a traditional Nair
family coming to terms with capitalist
modernity, breaking out only with an
elaborately shot dream sequence in which
Kochunni imagines his tyrannical father in
Kathakali costume.
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