Underplayed Gems

Vismayam (1998)

Vismayam poster
Original title
വിസ്മയം
Directed by
Raghunath Paleri
Genre
drama, comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
U
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man finds his life disrupted by a series of strange and funny events that might be supernatural. He tries to make sense of what is real and what is not as people around him react to the odd occurrences.

darkly comicwhimsicalunpredictablequirkyabsurdlightheartedoddball

What happens

Vismayam is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language dark comedy film Written and directed by Raghunath Paleri and produced by CC Cine Vision. The film stars Dileep, Innocent, Sreenivasan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Rajan P. Dev in lead roles. It features music composed by Johnson. This film is the first in Malayalam to have a magical realism element in narration. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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