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Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam is a film of genre Drama directed by Padmarajan with Mammootty
Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam (1985)
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Add to a movie listThinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam (English: Monday, an Auspicious Day) is a 1985 Malayalam drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan. It stars Mammootty, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Karamana Janardanan Nair and Srividya in pivotal roles. It tells the story of a man who wants to sell his ancestral house and put his mother in an old age home. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.
Synopsis
Janakiyamma ( Kaviyoor Ponnamma) stays in a spacious ancestral house with the help of a distant relative girl and servants who help her take care of her cows and poultry. Her elder son is Narayanankutty(Karamana Janardanan Nair), married to Ambika(Srividya) both central government servants in Bombay(Mumbai). They have two girls Sheenu(Kuku Parameswaran) and Meenu. Her younger son Gopan(Mammootty) is married to Bindu(Unnimary ) and is working in the Middle East. She also has a deceased daughter (not shown in the movie) and her son is Venu(Ashokan).Actors
Mammootty
(Gopan)
Kaviyoor Ponnnamma
(Janakikutty)
Karamana Janardanan Nair
(Narayanankutty)
Sreevidya
(Ambika)
Deepa Unnimary
(Bindu)
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