Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Vietnam Colony

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Jun 28, 2012, 8:45:38 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Vietnam Colony

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+'''Vietnam Colony'''
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+1992 154’ col/scope Malayalam
+d/s Siddique-Lal pc President Movies
+p Appachan-Joy lyr Bichu Thirumala c Venu
+m S. Balakrishnan
+lp Mohanlal, Innocent, Kanaka, KPAC Lalitha,
+Nedumudi Venu, Philomina, Kaviyoor
+Ponnamma
+
+
+In this unlikely subject for a comedy,
+Krishnamurthy (Mohanlal), a poor but brainy
+Brahmin, is sent with an assistant (Innocent) to
+work as a site officer for the Calcutta
+Construction Company in a particularly grim
+place known as Vietnam Colony. This place,
+set in Kerala, is under the control of gangs and
+slumlords who protect a small bunch of illegal
+squatters on the company’s land. The task of
+the two employees is to persuade the squatters
+to vacate the land so that the company can
+build on it. However, Krishnamurthy switches
+sides and helps the poor people assert their
+rights in the face of both the company and the
+gangs. The use of innovative dialogue (a
+Siddique-Lal trademark) and bizarre situations,
+the displacement of stereotypes (eg. the
+Muslim gangster and the dispossessed Muslim
+Seth) and the performances of Mohanlal,
+Innocent and Kanaka helped the film to
+achieve its popularity.
+
+[[Film]]