Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Mazhavilkavadi (1989)

Mazhavilkavadi poster
Original title
മഴവില്‍കാവടി
Directed by
Sathyan Anthikad
Genre
comedy drama
Country
India
Rated
U
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his family home and deals with the complications of love and family relationships. Conflicts arise as he navigates the expectations of his relatives and the women in his life.

lightheartedwarmsentimentalupbeatdramaticfunnyemotionalbittersweet

What happens

Mazhavilkavadi (transl. Rainbow Burden) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Raghunath Paleri. It stars Jayaram, Sithara, Krishnankutty Nair, Urvashi, and Innocent in the lead roles. This is one of the very few films where Innocent plays a negative role. It won four Kerala State Film Awards that year, the awards for Best Actress (Urvashi), Best Supporting Actor (Innocent), Best Music Director (Johnson), and Best Singer (K. S. Chithra). The film was remade in Tamil as Subramaniya Swamy with Pandiarajan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?