Director: T. Hariharan; Writer: M.T. Vasudevan Nair; Producer: G.P. Vijay Kumar; Cinematographer: S Kumar; Cast: Mohini, Vineeth, Thilakan, Shanthi Krishna, Manoj K. Jayan, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathi Srikumar, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari
Duration: 02:20:02; Aspect Ratio: 2.000:1; Hue: 12.203; Saturation: 0.094; Lightness: 0.222; Volume: 0.122; Cuts per Minute: 8.790
Summary: In 1940s Kerala, the 17 year-old Unnimaya
(Mohini) is widowed shortly after she has
become the fourth wife of an elderly
Namboodiri Brahmin. When she becomes
pregnant, the local Brahmins incarcerate her
for refusing to name her lover. Her progressive
stepson Kunjunni, a man of her own age, offers
her shelter when she is ritually
excommunicated. Her lover was the effete
Kathakali dancer Madhavan, whom she rejects
when he finally turns up to acknowledge his
responsibilities to her child. Vasudevan Nair’s
script returns to his familiar concerns
addressing a decaying feudalism in pre-
Independence Kerala. The film’s sensitive
cinemascope camerawork as well as Thilakan’s
remarkable performance as the Brahmin
inquisitor stand out.
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