Thoovanathumbikal (1987)

Original title

തൂവാനത്തുമ്പികൾ

Directed by

P. Padmarajan

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 31m

Rated

A

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jayakrishnan a young man falls in love with two women. One is Radha a distant relative and the other is Clara a sex worker in the city. The story explores his relationships with both women.

romanticmelancholicdreamlikebittersweetatmosphericintimaterain-drenchedpoetic

What happens

Thoovanathumbikal (transl. Dragonflies in the Spraying Rain) or, Dragonflies in the Gentle Rain, is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan, based partly on his own novel Udakappola. It revolves around Jayakrishnan (Mohanlal) who falls in love with two women; Radha (Parvathy), a distant relative of his, and Clara (Sumalatha), an escort in town. An experimental film, it was a commercial failure at the box office, but over the years it has turned into a cult film with a large fan following. It was ranked eighth by IBN Live in the list of greatest Indian films of all time. The film is widely noted for its rich film score and songs, dialogues and characters, detailed screenplay, and Mohanlal and Sumalatha's performance. Rain is a recurring theme and is portrayed almost as a character in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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