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Thattathin Marayathu (2012)

Thattathin Marayathu poster
Original title
തട്ടത്തിൻ മറയത്ത്
Directed by
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Genre
romance film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
U
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hindu boy falls in love with a Muslim girl in Kerala, and their relationship must navigate family and cultural expectations. The film follows their efforts to be together despite the obstacles.

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What happens

Thattathin Marayathu (transl. Behind The Veil) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film stars Nivin Pauly and Isha Talwar, with Aju Varghese, Manoj K. Jayan, Sunny Wayne, Sreeram Ramachandran, Bhagath Manuel, Manikuttan, Sreenivasan, and Niveda Thomas in supporting roles. The film is about a Hindu boy, Vinod, and a Muslim girl, Aisha, and the conflict arising out of this inter-faith relationship. It has been considered as one of the defining films of the Malayalam New Wave, and has been remade in Telugu as Saheba Subramanyam and Tamil as Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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