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Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 83GoodWatch 79
IMDb8.3
Running time
1 h 50 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109110Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
2015
October 9, 2015
11 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Malayalam
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicMade in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- 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
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 18 more22 people
- MammoottyPallikkal Narayanan
- Jewel MaryNalini
- Joy MathewChandran
- SreenivasanMoideen
- SiddiqueLaunchi Velayudhan
- Salim KumarNarayanan's father
- Santhosh KeezhattoorMajeed
- Anu JosephNirmala
Binu AdimaliMan in the Cafeteria
Jennifer AntonyGirija
Anju AravindPushpa
GokulanNarayanan's Relative
Kalabhavan HaneefMarriage Broker- SSStevin Stephen KagooYoung Moitheen
Sruthi LakshmiSmitha
Dinesh PrabhakarSudhakaran
Mithun RameshNajeeb
Shaheen SiddiqueSatheeshan
Sunil SukhadaLonappan
Nyla UshaRadio Jockey
Viji ChandrasekharNarayanan's Mother
Moideen Koya K KIsmailekka
Directing · 1
- Salim Ahamed Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 2
- Oldmonks Design Publicist
- Masood TP Finance
Camera · 1
- Madhu Ambat Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Vijai Sankar Editor
Sound · 2
- Bijibal Original Music Composer
- Resul Pookutty Sound Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Sameera Saneesh Costume Design
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