Vadakkunokkiyantram (1989)

Original title

വടക്കുനോക്കിയന്ത്രം

Directed by

Sreenivasan

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

U

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A husband develops intense suspicion about his wife's fidelity. His obsessive jealousy creates harmful tension in their marriage.

darkly comictenseunsettlingslow-burnclaustrophobicmelancholicdomesticparanoid

What happens

Vadakkunokkiyantram (transl. Compass) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film written and directed by Sreenivasan, who also stars in the film along with Parvathy. The film is about the marital discord caused by a husband's Othello syndrome. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Film. It was dubbed in Telugu as Sandeham and remade in Tamil as Dindigul Sarathy, in Kannada as Nanjangudu Nanjunda and in Hindi as Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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