Thaavalam is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Thampi Kannanthanam and produced by Koshi Ninan and Philip Maryvilla. The film stars Jayabharathi, Mohanlal, Shubha and Menaka in lead roles. The film had musical score by Johnson.
, 2h22 Directed byAloysius Vincent, P. Bhaskaran GenresFantasy, Horror ThemesGhost films ActorsMohanlal, Thodupuzha Vasanthi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Kunjandi, Meena Rating64% Puthoor Illam is a traditional family that practices positive tantricmagic under blessings of their family god Lord Garuda, popularly known as Sri Krishnaparunthu (The Eagle of Krishna) and Hanuman. The family is widely respected for their ability to revive near-dead people due to venomous snake bites using the sacred water through invoking Garuda. Pappu (Jagannatha Varma), who is the current magician of the family foresees his death and decides to transfer all his knowledge to his nephew Kumaran Thampi (Mohanlal). Kumaran, whose only interest is wine and women reluctantly accepts the decision, as the magician must vow to maintain extreme celibacy. Pappu transfers all his knowledge to Kumaran and dies. Thus Kumaran becomes the next magician of the locality famous for curing snake bites and warding off negative spirits.
Directed bySibi Malayil GenresDrama ActorsMohanlal, Menaka G, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu, Mamukkoya, Sukumari Rating70% The film is a socio-centric story of education system that existed in the period 80's - 90's in Kerala. Divakaran, in search of a good job acquires fake certificates from Mysore TTC and becomes a teacher in a government aided lower primary school run by a corrupt manager. The thatched school is deplorable in every conditions. Children mainly comes for the food that is served. The teachers come mainly for getting the money and do not care about the kids or the facilities in the school. The corrupt manager runs the school as a business for getting grants and making money from appointments. In the climax the hero relaises his mistake from guilt which was seeded by his father and took form when the dilapidated school causes death of 3 students. In the turn of events Divakaran surrenders to police for using a fake teaching certificate. The narration is typical "Sreenivasan" style, through a cozy blanket of comedy, he explains the socioeconomic & political milieu existing in Kerala through a set of events. It is a relevant movie since contemporary incidents of the same nature are revealed through newspapers and increasing day by day even in the 21st century.