Summary
After his retirement, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family is thwarted after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 90GoodWatch 85
IMDb9.0
Running time
2 h 17 min
Longer than 9 in 10 comedies, +37 min on the typical 100
typical 100137Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
1991
February 4, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaFamilyLanguage
Malayalam
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 15 more18 people
- ThilakanRaghavan Nair
- SreenivasanPrabhakaran Kottappalli
- JayaramK.P. Prakashan
- Oduvil UnnikrishnanAchuthan Nair
- Kaviyoor PonnammaBhanumathi
- MaathuLathika
- SiddiqueUdayabhanu
- Mala AravindanAnandan
KPAC LalithaAnandan's wife
MamukkoyaK.G. Pothuval
SankaradiKumarapillai
InnocentYashwant Sahai
Bobby KottarakkaraUthaman
ByonAnandan's Son
James ChackoINSP Woker
T. P. MadhavanCI Kannan
Kalabhavan HaneefINSP Worker
Salim KumarUncredited role
Directing · 1
- Sathyan Anthikad Director
Writing · 1
- Sreenivasan Writer
Production · 1
- S. S. T. Subrahmaniam Producer
Camera · 1
- Vipin Mohan Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- K. Rajagopal Editor
Sound · 2
- Johnson Music
- Kaithapram Viswanath Songs
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