1996 · drama · malayalam
Kathapurushan
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan1h 47m1996
This intimately-constructed drama traces the consequences of the tumultuous political and social changes that swept through India in the years since pre-Independence 1937.
Our read: Kathapurushan (1996) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded drama · malayalam entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / malayalam, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- signature
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