Iyobinte Pustakam (2014)

Original title

ഇയോബിന്‍റെ പുസ്തകം

Directed by

Amal Neerad

Genre

drama, history, thriller

Country

India

Runtime

2h 39m

Rated

U

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In mid-20th century Munnar, a wealthy industrialist named Iyob presides over his family. The story focuses on the bitter rivalry between his three sons, Aloshy, Ivan, and Dimitri, as they fight for power and inheritance.

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What happens

Iyobinte Pusthakam (transl. Book of Job) is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language period action thriller film directed by Amal Neerad and written by Gopan Chithambaran, with dialogues written by Syam Pushkaran. The film stars Fahadh Faasil, Lal, Jayasurya and Isha Sharvani with Jinu Joseph, Chemban Vinod Jose, Vinayakan and Padmapriya in supporting roles. Aashiq Abu makes a cameo appearance as P. J. Antony. The film is a period drama set in the mid-20th century in Munnar, Western Ghats. It follows the life of a ruthless businessman named Iyob and the sibling rivalry among his sons Aloshy, Ivan and Dimitri, who are named after the characters from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Principal photography commenced in March 2014 at Vagamon in Idukki Kerala, India. Iyobinte Pusthakam was released on 7 November 2014. The film was highly critically acclaimed and was a box-office success. It received five Kerala State Film Awards and three Kerala Film Critics Association Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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