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Sandhesam (“The Message”/dir. Sathyan Anthikad, 1991)

Sandhesam (“The Message”/dir. Sathyan Anthikad, 1991)

Published December 29, 2022 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on October 17, 2019. Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) has been a station master for the Indian Railways in Tamil Nadu for 30 years, and bids an emotional farewell to the community he’s become a part of  — but, as he tells the people he’s…

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T.P. Balagopalan M.A. (dir. Sathyan Anthikad, 1986)

T.P. Balagopalan M.A. (dir. Sathyan Anthikad, 1986)

Published May 21, 2022 By Katherine Matthews

T.P. Balagopalan (Mohanlal) is a low level employee at Falcon Products.  He earns 800 rupees a month, and uses that money to support his eldest sister, Radha (K.P.A.C. Lalitha) and her family – her husband, Chandrankutty (Kuthiravattam Pappu) who is a bus conductor and largely absent, as well as their…

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Traffic (dir. Rajesh Pillai, 2011)

Traffic (dir. Rajesh Pillai, 2011)

Published May 29, 2021 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 30, 2011. A cinema superstar.  A discredited traffic constable.  A surgeon about to celebrate his first year wedding anniversary.  A young journalist just starting his first day on the job.  Their friends, their partners, their families, their colleagues.  All of these…

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