Katha Parayumbol

Katha Parayumbol

2007 · 130 min · ★ 7.6 · Comedy, Drama

the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of the dialogue, on the mores of the society. The craze for celebrities and the problems of leading a principled life are discussed without being preachy.

Directed by M. Mohanan · Written by Sreenivasan

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Sreenivasan E.P. Balan
Meena Sridevi
Mammootty 'Superstar' Ashok Raj
Mukesh Venu
Innocent Eappachan Muthalali
Jagadish Sarasan
Salim Kumar Das Vadakkemuri
Jaswir Kaur Cameo
Shafna Sona
Revathy Sivakumar Seena
KPAC Lalitha School Principal
Shivaji Guruvayoor Kuriakose

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