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Veendum Kannur (2012)
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Add to a movie listVeendum Kannur is a 2012 Malayalam political thriller film directed by Haridas, starring Anoop Menon in the lead role. The film is touted as a sequel to the director's own 1997 film Kannur although the characters do not resemble. Veendum Kannur is about how one man sets out to bring about a revolution in the communist party.
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The film is set in Kannur, a veritable killing field for political rivals of different hues. Jayakrishnan (Anoop Menon) is the son of the Communist Party Secretary Madayi Surendran (Shivaji Guruvayoor) who is averse to any progress funded by multinational corporations. Jayakrishnan, a Jawaharlal Nehru University product who believes in non violent political ideology, don't like the way politics is practised and had once left the state disheartened with the developments. He is them goes to Agra and works as a guide for the Taj Mahal archaeological department. He returns to Kannur and falls in love with Radhika (Sandhya), who happens to be the daughter of Divakaran (Riza Bava), Surendran's biggest political rival. Jayakrishnan's political views and this love affair leads to direct confrontation between the father and his more 'modern' son.Actors
Kaadhal Sandhya
(Radhika)
Anoop Menon
(Jayakrishnan)
Rajeev Govinda Pillai
(Mohit Nambiar)
Shivaji Guruvayoor
(Madayi Surendran)
Mithun Ramesh
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