Underplayed Gems

Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (2019)

Thanneer Mathan Dinangal poster
Original title
തണ്ണീർ മത്തൻ ദിനങ്ങൾ
Directed by
Girish A.D
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 17m
Rated
U
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenage boy has a crush on a girl who does not feel the same way. He also clashes with a new teacher who is popular with everyone, especially the girl he likes.

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What happens

Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (transl. Watermelon Days) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Girish A.D., and jointly produced by Jomon T. John, Shebin Backer, and Shameer Muhammed. The film stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Mathew Thomas, Anaswara Rajan and Naslen. The music was composed by Justin Varghese. The film follows Jaison, a teenager, who has a crush on Keerthy, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. To make things worse, he gets in trouble with Ravi, the new teacher who is liked by everyone, especially Keerthy. The film was released on 26 July 2019 and was met with a positive critical response and performed well at the box office too, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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