Artham (1989)

Original title

അർത്ഥം

Directed by

Sathyan Anthikad

Genre

thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

A

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely novelist seeks revenge after his close friend is murdered. He teams up with a journalist and a lawyer to find the killers.

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What happens

Artham (transl. The Meaning) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Venu Nagavally. It stars Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Murali, Saranya, in lead roles along with Parvathy, Mamukkoya, Philomina, Mohan Raj, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sukumari, Jagannatha Varma, and Oduvil Unnikrishnan in other pivotal roles. Jayaram plays a cameo role. The music was composed by Johnson. The film is an adaptation of the Tamil detective novel Ethir Katru by Subha. The story revolves around a loner and award-winning novelist Ben Narendran (Mammootty) who seeks revenge against the forces who murdered his dear friend Janardanan (Jayaram). Joining in Narendran's aid are journalist Manasa (Saranya) and Advocate P. S. Nenmara (Sreenivasan). It was also later adapted in Tamil cinema as Ethir Kaatru (1990). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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