Ponthan Mada

IMDb link: 0248317
IMDb rating: 8 (1,077 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: T.V. Chandran
Cast: Janardanan, Salu Kuttanadu, Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, Mahesh and others

Release date: 10 Mar 1994
Release year: 1994
Runtime: 119 minutes
Country: India
Keywords: class differences, two word title, lust, flashback, old man, swimming, rowboat, exile, horse and carriage, tree

Plot:

Set in 1940s, the low-caste Ponthan Mada bonds with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, 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.

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