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Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol (1975)

Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol poster
Original title
കബനീനദി ചുവന്നപ്പോൾ
Directed by
P. A. Backer
Genre
romance, drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
U
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A leftist political drama set during India's Emergency period. It follows characters caught in social and political turmoil.

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What happens

Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol (When the River Kabani Turned Red) is a 1975 Malayalam feature film directed by P. A. Backer, produced by Pavithran, and starring T. V. Chandran, Shalini, Raveendran and J. Siddiqui. This leftist political drama film came out during the Emergency period. It was the directorial debut of P. A. Backer, who won that year's awards for Best Director and Second Best Film at the Kerala State Film Awards. Pavithran, who later directed many critically acclaimed Malayalam films produced the film. T. V. Chandran, who also later went on to direct a bevy of award-winning films in Malayalam and Tamil, played the lead role. After certain post-production controversies, the film debuted in theatres on 16 July 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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