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Thalavattam is a film of genre Drama directed by Priyadarshan with Mohanlal
Thalavattam (1986)
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Add to a movie listThalavattam (Malayalam: താളവട്ടം) is a 1986 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan and starring Mohanlal, M. G. Soman and Karthika. The story is very loosely based on the American novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Thalavattam was remade in Hindi as Kyon Ki in 2005 by Priyadarshan himself. The film was also remade in Tamil in 1988 by Robert-Rajasekhar as Manasukkul Mathappu with Prabhu and Saranya playing the lead.
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Vinod (Mohanlal) becomes mentally ill after his girlfriend Anitha (Lizy) dies because of an electric short circuiting accident during a rock concert. Vinod is admitted into an institution managed by Dr. Ravindran (M. G. Soman).Actors
Mohanlal
(Vinod)
Karthika
(Savithri)
Nedumudi Venu
(Dr. Unni Krishnan)
M. G. Soman
(Dr. Raviandran)
Lissy
(Anitha)
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