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Kattathe Kilikkoodu (1983)

Kattathe Kilikkoodu poster
Original title
കാറ്റത്തെ കിളിക്കൂട്‌
Directed by
Bharathan
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
U
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man finds a young woman abandoned in a railway station and brings her to his home. She becomes entangled with the lives of the men living there, leading to emotional conflicts and relationships.

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What happens

Kattathe Kilikkoodu (transl. A nest in the wind) is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Bharathan and written by T. Damodaran from a story by Nedumudi Venu. The film was produced by P. V. Gangadharan and stars Bharat Gopy, Mohanlal, Srividya, Revathi, and Anju. The music for the film was composed by Johnson. The film was a major commercial success. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor for Gopy. It was remade in Tamil as Oonjaladum Uravugal. It marked the Malayalam debut of Revathi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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