Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Manichithratharazu

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Jun 28, 2012, 9:04:47 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''Manichithratharazu'''
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+1993 169’ col Malayalam
+d Fazil (Unit 1), Priyadarshan, Sibi Malayil,
+Siddique-Lal (Unit 2) pc Swargachitra
+p Appachan s Madhu Muttam lyr Bichu
+Thirumala c Venu (Unit 1), Anandakuttan,
+Sunny Joseph (Unit 2) m M.G. Radhakrishnan
+lp Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Shobhana,
+Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Innocent
+
+
+One of the most discussed Malayalam films in
+recent times and a major success. The young
+Calcutta couple Nakulan (Gopi) and Ganga
+(Shobhana) arrive for a vacation in their
+ancestral home, where they encounter a
+centuries-old legend of a Tamil devadasi
+dancer named Nagavalli. She had been
+abducted by a Nair chieftain and had
+subsequently returned to haunt the old house.
+The small room in the attic where she lived is
+kept permanently locked. Ganga inquisitively
+opens the room and becomes possessed by the
+ghost. Nakulan’s friend, Sunny (Mohanlal), a
+USA-trained psychiatrist, arrives to help solve
+the problem: having suffered a troubled
+childhood, Ganga has become a murderously
+psychotic schizophrenic. Discarding psychiatry,
+Sunny turns to ‘indigenous’ methods and
+successfully effects a dramatic cure relying on a
+tantric cult redolent with caste prejudices. The
+film was shot at extraordinary speed by two
+units working simultaneously, one led by the
+veteran Fazil, the other by three younger
+directors (all became well known in Malayalam
+cinema), although still managing to achieve
+both narrative and technical coherence.
+Mohanlal makes a cameo appearance, but the
+main performance is Shobhana’s chilling
+portrayal of the demented Nagavalli.
+
+[[Film]]