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Samantharangal is a film of genre Drama directed by Balachandra Menon with Madhu

Samantharangal (1998)

Samantharangal
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Length 1h52
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Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.299843.299843.299843.299843.29984

Samaantharangal (Malayalam: സമാന്തരങ്ങള്‍, English: Parallelism) is a 1998 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Balachandra Menon. The film stars Menon himself along with Maathu, Renuka and Sukumari in supporting roles.

The film depicts the clash between father and son and won several awards including two National Film Awards at 45th National Film Awards. Balachandra Menon portrayed the role of station master father and was acclaimed for his performance. The film is noted for Menon who managed nine departments for the film; producer, director, story, screenplay, dialogues, actor, editor, music and distribution with also winning the National Film Award for Best Actor.

Synopsis

Ismail (Balachandra Menon) is a Station master of Meenakshipuram, a small town located on the borders of Kerala. He is accompanied by his family consisting of an aged ailing mother, a wife, two daughters, three sons and a grandson.

Actors

Madhu

(Minister)Balachandra Menon

(Ismail)Sukumari

(Aishu)Saikumar

(Political Leader)Maathu (Madhavi)

(Amina)
And :
Jose Pellissery
Renuka
Bharath Gopi
Ravi Vallathol
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