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Jilebi (2015)
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Jilebi is a 2015 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Arun Shekhar (director) for the producer East Coast Vijayan, starring Jayasurya, Ramya Nambisan and Vijayaraghavan. The film released on July 31, 2015 to generally positive reviews.
Synopsis
Jilebi is a sweet story about confrontation between a middle aged village Sreekuttan (Jayasurya) and his city-bred nephews. Sreekuttan, is a village guy whose life is happily confined to his farm and crops. Far away, in the Dubai city, trouble brews for him in the form of his nephew and niece. From the first confrontation it becomes clear that both Sreekuttan and kids are fish out of water, other than their respective backgrounds. The tech-savvy kids are determined to make Sreekuttan's life miserable and others through mischief. Soon there vacation is over and leave their family home with Kuttetan to start schooling in Kodaikanal. The road trip to their new school leads to surprises - some sour, some sweet experiences, for both. Sreekuttan and the kids becomes close. At school they are met with Silpa(Ramya Nambisan) - kids mother, she angrily lambasts Sreekuttan and blames him and his village farming attitude and responsibility for being late for admissions. Sreekuttan puts Silpa in her place for her snobbish attitude and reminds her money doesn't make relationships change its inherent values. Later understanding her mistake Silpa let's her children join in a nearby school to her family house and fly's back from Dubai to Thrissur.Actors
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