Mathilukal (1990)

Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the b...ackground of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial. more

Directing:
  • Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Writing:
  • Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
  • Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Stars:
Release Date: 1990-05-18
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  • Country: IN
  • Runtime: 120

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Thilakan
Thilakan
Jail warder
Murali
Murali
Basheer's friend
Mammootty
Mammootty
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Karamana Janardanan Nair
Karamana Jana...
Karamana
K P A C Lalitha
K P A C Lalit...
Narayani(Voice)
Sreenath
Sreenath
Jailor
Ravi Vallathol
Ravi Vallatho...
Razzaq
Jagannatha Varma
Jagannatha Va...
Judge
Babu Namboothiri
Babu Nambooth...
KPAC Lalitha
KPAC Lalitha
Narayani(Voice)
M R Gopakumar
M R Gopakumar
Azeez
Azeez
Inspector
K. P. A. C. Azeez
K. P. A. C. A...
Inspector
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