Director: P.G. Viswambharan; Writer: Pappanamcode, Kanam E.J., Sharief; Cinematographer: C.E. Babu; Cast: Madhu, Thilakan, Mammootty, Shankar, T.G. Ravi, Seema, Menaka, Shubha, Meena
Summary: Communal melodrama about a conflict of
generation and class that also involves three
religions. The Hindu Shankaran Nair falls out
with his friend, the Muslim Khadir Haji, when
the latter arranges a marriage between Nair’s
daughter Sarala and her poor Christian lover
Anthony (Mammootty). The ensuing battle,
which splits the village, escalates when Haji
pulls his daughter out of school and virtually
forces her into an arranged marriage; the
daughter eventually marries a man of her
choice with the help of Sarala and Anthony.
Playing a major role as a social force is
Anthony’s working-class trade union of
rickshaw-drivers, which helps re-establish
amity.
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