Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Sanghunadam (1988)

Sanghunadam poster
Original title
ശംഖുനാദം
Directed by
T. S. Suresh Babu
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man navigates personal and family struggles in a rural Indian setting. The story follows his relationships and conflicts with those around him.

dramaticemotionalseriousslow-pacedmelancholicintrospectiveatmosphericgrounded

What happens

Sanghunadam (transl. Sound of Conch Shell) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language drama film, directed by T. S. Suresh Babu, written by Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan and produced by Harinarayanan under the banner of Ragasudha Films in their debut production. The film stars Mammootty in the lead role, alongside Ratheesh, Nalini, Suresh Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, and Rohini in supporting roles. The film features original songs composed by Jerry Amaldev. This is one of the few films where Innocent plays a negative role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?