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Mathilukal
1990 7.6 (15 votes) 2h 0m
Genres
Romance Drama
Production Companies
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions

Mathilukal (മതിലുകൾ)

What is Freedom?

Overview

Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.

Key Crew

Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Screenplay: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Producer: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Director of Photography: Mankada Ravi Varma

Top Cast

Mammootty
Mammootty

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Murali
Murali

Basheer's friend

Ravi Vallathol
Ravi Vallathol

Razzaq

Thilakan
Thilakan

Jail warder

Sreenath
Sreenath

Jailor

Karamana Janardanan Nair
Karamana Janardanan Nair

Karamana

M R Gopakumar
M R Gopakumar

K. P. A. C. Azeez
K. P. A. C. Azeez

Inspector

Videos

Mathilukal Trailer | Mammootty | Adoor Gopalakrishnan

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