Azhiyatha Kolangal

Azhiyatha Kolangal

1979 · 100 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama

A managing director in Madras receives a letter from a childhood friend and begins to reminisce about his adolescent years, when he was growing up with his two friends in a village...

Directed by Balu Mahendra · Written by Balu Mahendra

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