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Pavakkoothu (1990)

Pavakkoothu poster
Directed by
Sreekumar Krishnan Nair
Country
India
Runtime
2h 18m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets married to two women at the same time. He tries to manage both relationships without either wife finding out about the other.

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What happens

Pavakkoothu (transl. Puppet show) is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Sreekumar Krishnan Nair (as Sreekuttan) and produced by Panthalam Gopinath. It stars Jayaram, Parvathy, Ranjini, and Innocent. The film is a remake of the 1984 American movie Micki & Maude. It has a musical score by Johnson. Earlier in 1987, this film was already made in Tamil, as Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (lit. 'Two-tailed Sparrow') starring Mohan, Radhika, and Archana, with direction by Balu Mahendra and Abdul Kader as producer, with excellent music by Ilayaraja. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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