Underplayed Gems

Snehaseema (1954)

Snehaseema poster
Original title
സ്നേഹസീമ
Directed by
S.S. Rajan
Country
India
Runtime
2h 45m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man is lost at sea and presumed dead. His wife remarries after years of waiting, but he eventually returns.

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What happens

Snehaseema is a 1954 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by S. S. Rajan and written by Ponkunnam Varkey based on his novel of the same name, which is a retelling of L. A. Tennyson's Enoch Arden in the context of Kerala culture. The lead roles were played by Sathyan, Padmini, G. K. Pillai, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, S. P. Pillai, P. J. Cheriyan, Baby Lalitha and Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair. It received a certificate of merit at the 2nd National Film Awards. This film was dubbed in Tamil, with the title Punniyavathi and released in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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