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Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008)

Pakal Nakshatrangal poster
Original title
പകല്‍ നക്ഷത്രങ്ങള്‍
Directed by
Rajeevnath
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of intellectuals in 1990s Kerala navigate their personal and professional lives. The film follows their conversations, relationships, and quiet struggles.

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What happens

Pakal Nakshatrangal (transl. Daytime Stars) is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Rajeev Nath and written by Anoop Menon from a story by Nath. It was the debut screenplay of Menon. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Murali, Kalpana, Anoop Menon, and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy. It is about the lives of a group of intellectuals in Kerala in the later half of the 1990s. The film was critically acclaimed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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