Thalavattam (1986)

Original title

താളവട്ടം

Directed by

Priyadarshan

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Country

India

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

U

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A carefree and eccentric man named Vinod is admitted to a mental asylum. His unusual behavior and kind nature begin to change the lives of the patients and staff around him.

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What happens

Thalavattam (transl. Rhythm Cycle) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal, Lizy, M. G. Soman and Karthika. The film is very loosely based on the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which was an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film features songs composed by Raghu Kumar and C. Rajamani, and a score by Johnson. The story follows Vinod, an eccentric new patient at a mental asylum. The film was remade in Hindi as Kyon Ki (2005) by Priyadarshan and in Tamil as Manasukkul Mathappu (1988) by Robert–Rajasekar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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