Achanurangatha Veedu
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Achanuragantha Veedu is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose
and written by Babu Janardhanan
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It tells the tale of Prabhakaran, a student who falls in love with a Catholic Christian girl named Lillikutty in the 1970s, Shortly after their marriage they convert to Pentecostalism. However, his wife passes away at an early stage of their married life, and he must face hardships of raising three daughters alone. The main plot revolves around the mystery of his youngest daughter's disappearance, the crushing truths he faces when he finds out what really happened to her, and the impact on his other daughters as well as his mental stability. The film is unique because of the portrayal of the Pentecostal
denomination quite extensively for first time on Malayalam cinema silver screen. Critics described the film as Salim Kumar's "graduation from a comedian to a mature character."
Lal Jose
Lal Jose is an Indian film director. His debut film as a director is Oru Maravathoor Kanavu . His popular films include Meesa Madhavan , Classmates and Arabikkatha .- Biography :...
and written by Babu Janardhanan
Babu Janardhanan
Babu Janardhanan is a screenplay writer and a film director. Script writer of many celebrated Malayalam movies.He was born at Changanassery, Kerala, as the son of Mr. Janardanan and Mrs. Pankajakshi. Babu Janardhanan did his schooling at Madappally Govt. LPS and Govt...
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It tells the tale of Prabhakaran, a student who falls in love with a Catholic Christian girl named Lillikutty in the 1970s, Shortly after their marriage they convert to Pentecostalism. However, his wife passes away at an early stage of their married life, and he must face hardships of raising three daughters alone. The main plot revolves around the mystery of his youngest daughter's disappearance, the crushing truths he faces when he finds out what really happened to her, and the impact on his other daughters as well as his mental stability. The film is unique because of the portrayal of the Pentecostal
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
denomination quite extensively for first time on Malayalam cinema silver screen. Critics described the film as Salim Kumar's "graduation from a comedian to a mature character."
Cast
- Saleem KumarSaleem KumarSalim Kumar is a National Award winning Indian film actor and mimicry artist predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema....
as Prabhakaran - MukthaMuktha Elsa GeorgeMuktha Elsa George, known mononymously as Muktha or by her stage name Bhanu, is an Indian film actress hailing from Kerala. She has acted in a number of Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films.-Career:...
as Lisamma, Prabhakaran's youngest daughter - Samvrutha SunilSamvrutha SunilSamvrutha Sunil is a South Indian actress from Kerala. She was introduced to the film industry through a Malayalam film Rasikan opposite Dileep. She had acted in several films in Tamil and Malayalam...
as Prabhakaran's daughter - Suja KarthikaSuja KarthikaSuja Karthika is a popular Malayalam film actress who has around 14 pictures to her credit. Her first movie was the 2002 Rajasenan movie Malayalimamanu Vanakkam, She is a gold medalist in MBA from MG UNIVERSITY.After that she entered as a teacher at SCMS,ALUVA and currently teaches at Marian...
as Prabhakaran's daughter - Prithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....
- Indrajith Sukumaran