Ottaal (2015)

Original title

ഒറ്റാല്‍

Directed by

Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

U

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy is sent to live with a cruel master in a rural village where he endures hard work and loneliness. He writes a letter asking his grandfather to rescue him.

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What happens

Ottaal (English: The Trap) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam film directed by Jayaraj, an adaptation of the Anton Chekhov 1886 short story "Vanka". The film stars Ashanth K Sha and Kumarakom Vasudevan, as well as Shine Tom Chacko, Sabitha Jayaraj and Thomas G. Kannampuzha. It became the first movie in India to be released online on the same day as its theatrical release. The film made history, becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to sweep all the top awards in the 20-year history of the International Film Festival of Kerala. It was one of four Malayalam films selected to be a part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India in Goa in November 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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