Director: I.V. Sasi; Cinematographer: Jayanan Vincent; Cast: Mammootty, Mohanlal, Lalu Alex, Ratheesh, Ravindran, T.G. Ravi, Seema, Rani Padmini, Sunitha Sharma, Balan K. Nair
Duration: 02:19:41; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 332.466; Saturation: 0.103; Lightness: 0.365; Volume: 0.315; Cuts per Minute: 14.590
Summary: Extraordinary and long-drawn out melodrama
contrasting conditions in Kerala with those in
Japan. A group of performers from Kerala are
invited to Japan, but they are left stranded
when their criminal host disappears. With the
assistance of Nambiar (Nair), a benevolent
Tokyo-based Malayali, they learn about the
Japanese economy, initiating - on their return -
a series of reformist movements that end up
with the revolutionary overthrow of corrupt
leadership. The film continued Sasi’s tendency
(America America, also 1983) to set his plots
in exotic foreign locales, and also his ‘hardhitting’
and often satirical collaborations with
Marxist writer Damodaran (cf.
Angadikkapurathu, 1985; Vartha 1986).
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