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Abhinayam (1981)

Abhinayam poster
Directed by
Baby
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Malayalam film from 1981 about acting and the lives of its central characters. It follows performers and their relationships set to a musical score.

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What happens

Abhinayam (transl. Acting) is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby and produced by B. P. Moideen. The film stars Jayan, Vidhubala, T Jayasree, and Vanchiyoor Radha in the lead roles and has a musical score by K. J. Yesudas and K. Raghavan. During the filming of Abhinayam, Jayan and Moideen became great friends and showed interest to make Moideen's life story as a film. Jayan wanted to play the character of Moideen, and Moideen happily agreed to that. However, after a month, Jayan died in an accident while shooting for the film Kolilakkam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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