Ponthan Mada
1994, Film, 119 min, Drama, Malayalam, India, MoviePedia score 71
Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window, with Mada hanging from a palm tree.
Directed by T.V. Chandran
Cast
- Janardanan
- Salu Koottanad as (as: Salu Koottanad)
- Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
- Mahesh
- Mammootty as Ponthan Mada
- Sreejaya Nair as Reshmi
- Mavelikkara Ponnamma
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Gopala Kammal
- Swapna Ravi
- Laboni Sarkar
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