Oral Mathram

Oral Mathram

1997 · 150 min · ★ 6.2 · Crime, Drama

Shekhara Menon (Thilakan) is retired income tax officer from Mumbai and has now settled in a remote village in Kerala. He owns some land and a house where he and his three daughters live together and leads a calm, silent and happy life. Menon owns a smaller house adjacent to his own which is given for rent, Hareendran (Mammootty) is a struggling small time contractor and comes in as a new tenant to the rented house.

Directed by Sathyan Anthikad · Written by S. N. Swamy

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Mammootty Hareendran
Shruti Devika Menon
Thilakan Shekhara Menon
Sudheesh Balachandran
Sreenivasan Sachidandan
Praveena Malavika Menon
Kavya Madhavan Gopika Menon
Lalu Alex Mathews
Oduvil Unnikrishnan K. P. Pankunny Meno
Mamukkoya Kunjalikutty
Sankaradi Tea Shop Owner
Mahesh Hameed

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