Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Shakuntala (1965)

Shakuntala poster
Original title
ശകുന്തള
Directed by
Kunchacko
Genre
history
Country
India
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is an adaptation of a 1961 Bollywood movie. It tells a story from Indian mythology or legend. The movie features songs and a dramatic tone.

dramaticromanticemotionalold-fashionedmusicaltheatricalclassical

What happens

Shakuntala is a 1965 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by Kunchacko. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair and K. R. VIJAYA.The film had musical score by G. Devarajan and K. Raghavan. The film is adapted from the 1961 Bollywood film Stree. The film had its opening sequence in Eastmancolor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?