Ponthan Mada
7.6 /10 1 Votes
Director T. V. Chandran Language Malayalam | 7.4/10 IMDb Duration Running time 1h 59m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 10 March 1994 Writer T.V. Chandran, C.V. Sriraman Screenplay T. V. Chandran, C. V. Sreeraman Cast (Ponthan Mada), (Seema Thampuran), , , Similar movies Mammootty appears in Ponthan Mada and Vidheyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ponthan Mada is a 1994 Malayalam-language Indian feature film written and directed by T. V. Chandran. The film stars Mammootty and Naseeruddin Shah.
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Plot
Ponthan Mada is based on two short stories, Ponthan Mada and Sheema Thampuran by C. V. Sreeraman. Set in the 1940s British India, the film is about the extraordinary, uncanny and touching bonding of the so-called low-caste Ponthan Mada (Mammootty) with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran (Naseeruddin Shah), who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window with Mada hanging from a palm tree.
Cast
Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:
1994 National Film Awards (India)
Trivia
This is the only Malayalam-language film of Naseeruddin Shah.
References
Ponthan Mada WikipediaPonthan Mada IMDb