Official poster of Mathilukal
⭐ 7.7/10
Movie • 1990

Mathilukal

“What is Freedom?”

Romance Drama
120 min

Synopsis

Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.

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Release date 1990-05-18
Original language ML
Status Released
Popularity 1