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Thappana (2012)

Thappana poster
Original title
താപ്പാന
Directed by
Johny Antony
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
UA
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A petty thief and a young woman are released from jail on the same day. The thief goes with the depressed woman to her hometown and learns why someone tried to kill her husband.

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What happens

Thappana is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film based on the work of Bengali novelist Ashapurna Debi and directed by Johny Antony produce by Milan Jaleel under his banner Galaxy Films.. The film stars Mammootty in lead role. The film was released on 19 August 2012. It tells the story of two convicts, the petty thief Samson (Mammootty) and the young girl Mallika (Charmy Kaur), who are released from prison on the same day. Samson accompanies the depressed girl on her journey back home in Karippa and finds out the cause of the murder attempt on Mallika's husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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