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May Dinam (1991)

May Dinam poster
Directed by
Sibi Malayil
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man returns to his village after years away and gets drawn into the conflicts and struggles of the local community. The story follows his attempts to navigate family secrets and social tensions that threaten to pull him under.

grittydramaticintenseearthymelancholicslow-burnrawthought-provoking

What happens

May Dinam is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by A. P. Sathyan and produced by N. Gopalakrishnan. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Mathew Mattam, the film stars Sai Kumar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, and Adoor Bhavani. The film had a musical score by M. G. Radhakrishnan. It also marked Lissy's last official Malayalam film on-screen- shortly after her marriage and subsequent retirement from the industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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