Kammatti Paadam (2016)

Original title

കമ്മട്ടിപ്പാടം

Directed by

Rajeev Ravi

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 57m

Rated

A

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film takes place in a slum area of Kochi, Kerala. It shows how the Dalit community was forced off their land by real estate mafias during the city's modern development.

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What happens

Kammatipaadam, alternatively spelled as Kammatti Paadam, is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Rajeev Ravi and written by P. Balachandran. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Vinayakan, Shaun Romy, Manikandan R. Achari, Vinay Forrt, Shine Tom Chacko, and Suraj Venjaramoodu. The songs were composed by K, John P. Varkey and Vinayakan while the background score was composed by K. The film centers on Kammattippaadam, a slum locality in Kochi, Kerala. It focuses on how the Dalit community was forced to give up their lands to real-estate mafias and how modern urbanisation of Kochi metro-city took place over the plight of the Dalits. The film won four awards at the 47th Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Director and Best Film Editing. It has been listed by several publications as one of the best Malayalam films of the decade and a defining movie of the New Wave Movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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