1983 · comedy · drama · fable
Katha
Directed by P.K. Joseph1h 57m1983
Usha, a classical dancer, gets molested by three young men on her way back home from a concert but Sreekumar saves her. Later, Sreekumar helps her in her career and gradually falls in love with her.
Our read: Katha (1983) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama · fable entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- intimate
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