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Angamaly Diaries (2017)

Angamaly Diaries poster
Original title
അങ്കമാലി ഡയറീസ്
Directed by
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Genre
crime film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
UA
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets caught up in the local gang rivalry in the town of Angamaly. The film follows his attempts to navigate loyalty and survival.

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What happens

Angamaly Diaries is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language action crime drama film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by Chemban Vinod Jose. The film features 86 debutant actors with Antony Varghese, Anna Rajan, Appani Sarath, Kichu Tellus, Vineeth Vishwam, Bitto Davis, Ullas Chemban, Tito Wilson and Sinoj Varghese playing the main roles. The film features an uncut 11-minute long take in the climax featuring around 1,000 artists. Angamaly Diaries was released on 3 March 2017 to critical acclaim and emerged as a commercial success at the box office. The film was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade. Antony Varghese won the Youth Icon Award at Asianet Film Awards. It was remade in Telugu as Falaknuma Das (2019) starring Vishwak Sen in the lead role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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