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Ormakalundayirikkanam is a film directed by T. V. Chandran with Mammootty
Ormakalundayirikkanam (1995)
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Add to a movie listOrmakalundayirikkanam (English: Memories and Desires) is a 1995 Malayalam political drama film directed by T. V. Chandran. Starring Mammootty, Master Nithin, Bharath Gopi, Priyambada Ray, Nedumudi Venu, Kukku Parameswaran and Sreenivasan, the film portrays the rise of the Communists to power in 1957 and the infamous Vimochana Samaram (Liberation Struggle) of 1959.
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The film is set against the backdrop of the first communist Ministry of Kerala on the eve of its dismissal in 1959 after less than two years in power. A school going teenage, Jayan, grows warm relation with Bhasi, the tailor, who is a staunch Communist Party activist. Jayan's father is a strong sympathiser of Congress party.Actors
Mammootty
(Tailor Bhasi)
Bharath Gopi
(Tharakan)
Nedumudi Venu
(Nambiar)
Sreenivasan
(Barber Naanu)
Bindu Panicker
(Maid)
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