Panchavadi Palam

Sep 28, 1984

2h 20m

★ 8.5

Overview

A henpecked politician wants his name attached to a new bridge, even if that means destroying another, perfectly serviceable bridge.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Dussasana Kuruppu

Gopi

Shikhandi Pillai

Nedumudi Venu

Mandodhari

Srividya

Rahel

Sukumari

Kathavarayan

Sreenivasan

Ishak Tharakan

Thilakan

Habel

Jagathy Sreekumar

Jeemuthavahanan

Venu Nagavalli

Anarkali

Kalpana

Jahangir Thatha

K P Ummer

Yudaskunju

Dominic Alummoodan

Barabas

Innocent

Aaron Eliyahu, a Jewish man, travels to a small village called Mala, Kerala in search of his Jewish heritage. On his journey, he befriends a Muslim man named Beerankunj. Unfortunately, Aaron meets with a fatal motor accident that lands him in a state of coma in a hermitage somewhere in North India. By the time he reaches Mala, he sees that his house has been converted into a post office and learns that his mother, Veronica, entrusted all her property with the panchayat before leaving for Israel. Unable to prove his own identity, Aaron is denied the rights to his own house. Since he is unable to provide any concrete evidence in the court of law, Aaron is thrown into the streets with only his true friend Beerankunj by his side. Karutha Joodhan reveals the unexpected happenings passing through the three generations of Aaron and Beerankunj.

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