Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

July 3, 1941 · 85 years old

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India, Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 80s. His first film, Swayamvaram (1972), pioneered the new wave cinema mo…

Known For

11 titles
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Mathilukal

Mathilukal

1990 · 2h 0m · Movie

Its a story of Basheer, an author who experiences his prison life. In it he finds friendship, loneliness, fear and finally love, but that remains questionable.

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Vidheyan

Vidheyan

1994 · 1h 52m · Movie

Thommy is a loyal servant of Bhaskar Patel. But Patel is a ruthless tyrant. Thommy struggles between his moral sense and his professional sense. He is finally redeemed without compromising his duty as Patel's servant.

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Rat-Trap

Rat-Trap

1982 · 2h 1m · Movie

The protagonist is trapped within himself and is unable to comprehend the changes taking place around him.

7.5
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Anantaram

Anantaram

1987 · 2h 5m · Movie

A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.

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Nizhalkkuthu

Nizhalkkuthu

2002 · 1h 30m · Movie

Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess.

7.3
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Celluloid Man

Celluloid Man

2012 · 2h 44m · Movie

This is the story of Mr P.K.Nair, a man who talks,eats,dreams and sleeps cinema. Lovingly known as Henri Langlois of India, Nair Sahab (P.K.Nair) is the man behind archiving of many films in India.

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Naalu Pennungal

Naalu Pennungal

2007 · 1h 45m · Movie

A drama centered around four women at Kuttanad in Kerala's Alappuzha district.

6.5
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Kathapurushan

Kathapurushan

1995 · 1h 47m · Movie

Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father, relate to the working class people employed in his feudal household, become an intellectual, land in prison, and find a cure for the stuttering that affli...

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Once Again

Once Again

2016 · 2h 2m · Movie

Purushothaman Nair is jobless while his wife Devi is a teacher and they have a daughter. The film speaks about love, romance, and the bonds between family members.

6.2
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Kodiyettam

Kodiyettam

1978 · 2h 17m · Movie

Sankarankutty, a village simpleton, lives a carefree life, indulges in childish pursuits, lives off the money given to him by his sister (working elsewhere as a servant), and eats quite voraciously. Then one day he gets married, b...

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Mukhamukham

Mukhamukham

1984 · 1h 47m · Movie

The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sridharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a til...

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