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Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (1984)

Poochakkoru Mookkuthi poster
Original title
പൂച്ചക്കൊരു മൂക്കുത്തി
Directed by
Priyadarshan
Genre
comedy, romance
Country
India
Runtime
2h 37m
Rated
U
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A large group of characters get tangled up in a series of misunderstandings and mix-ups. The film follows their attempts to sort out the chaos that ensues.

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What happens

Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (transl. A nose-ring for the cat) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan in his directorial debut. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shankar, Mohanlal, Menaka, M. G. Soman, Nedumudi Venu, C. I. Paul, Sukumari, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Sreenivasan and Baiju Santhosh. Poochakkoru Mookkuthi marks the directorial debut of Priyadarshan, the first collaboration of Priyadarshan and Mohanlal as director and actor. Their frequent collaborator M. G. Sreekumar made his Malayalam debut as a playback singer through the film. The film was released on 17 March 1984 by Dinny Films and is regarded as one of the landmark films in Malayalam cinema. The success of the film triggered a deluge of screwball comedy films in Malayalam in mid-1980s. The movie was remade in five languages. The core plotline is adapted from the Telugu movie Gopala Rao Gari Ammayi (1980) and its Tamil version Kodeeswaran Magal (1981) and also borrows plot elements the Charles Dickens's play The Strange Gentleman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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