Marupakkam (1990)
- Original title
- மறுபக்கம்
- Directed by
- K. S. Sethumadhavan
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A family's buried tensions surface when a long-hidden truth about a woman's past comes to light. The story unfolds through the eyes of her husband and brother, forcing them to confront their own roles in her fate.
thoughtfulrestrainedcontemplativeslow-pacedsomberlayeredfamily-focused
What happens
Marupakkam (English: The Other Side) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. An adaptation of the Tamil novella Uchi Veyyil by Indira Parthasarathy, the film stars Sivakumar, Radha, and Jayabharathi. Its music is composed by L. Vaidyanathan. At the 38th National Film Awards, Marupakkam won three National Film Awards, including the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film, making it the first Tamil film to win in that category. The film was featured at the International Film Festival of India in 2003 as part of a retrospective tribute to Sethumadhavan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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