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Hasyam (2021)

Hasyam poster
Directed by
Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair
Genre
drama, comedy
Country
India
Runtime
1h 15m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in India deals with the absurd bureaucracy after a death in his family. The film uses dark humor to show how ordinary people navigate rigid systems and the small moments of life.

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What happens

Hasyam is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film written and directed by Jayaraj. It is the eighth film in his Navarasa series, based on the rasa (emotion) of hasya (humour). The film stars Harisree Ashokan and KPAC Lalitha, and explores through dark humour the themes surrounding death, bureaucracy, and the banality of life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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