Adoor GopalakrishnanCast
Mammootty 
Thilakan 
Karamana Janardanan Nair 
Murali Sreenath Ravi Vallathol
Credits
Written by: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Plot
A film that won the National Awards for best director and best Malayalam film.
Sinekatalog’s take
Adoor Gopalakrishnan's chamber drama follows a writer imprisoned in India, who falls in love with an unseen woman beyond a wall. Mammootty leads a quiet, intimate and poetic study of confinement and imagination.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (1,833 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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