Padayottam

Aug 6, 1982

★ 6.2

Overview

Inspired by 'The Count of Monte Cristo', Padayottam was the first Indian movie to be shot in 70mm format. Prince Udayan (Nazir) is the successor to the Kolathiri kingdom. He is betrayed by his cousin Devan (Madhu) which forces him to go into exile. Years later Udayan returns to Kolathiri to take his revenge.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Navodaya Studio

Padayottam Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Udayan

Prem Nazir

Devan

Madhu

Parvathi

Lakshmi

Chandru

Shankar

Kammaran

Mammootty

Kannan

Mohanlal

Laila

Poornima Bhagyaraj

Kolathiri Rajavu

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Pokkan

Kuthiravattam Pappu

Chiruthevi Thampuratti

Sukumari

Meena

Udayan's Assistant

Dominic Alummoodan

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

7.5

Breathless

Mar 16, 1960

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

7.0

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

Dec 14, 1984

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

8.3

The Silence of the Lambs

Feb 14, 1991

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

7.0

Desert Hearts

Oct 1, 1985

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

8.4

Once Upon a Time in America

May 23, 1984

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

7.2

Snow Cake

Sep 8, 2006

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

7.0

Grill Point

Feb 12, 2002

In the style of a documentary this tragic comedy tells the story of a relationship crisis between two married couples and their longing to break out of their miserable daily lives. In this East German post-wall movie Andreas Dresen introduces the sad everyday life of two couples from Frankfurt an der Oder in a honest and tolerable manner.

5.9

The Million Dollar Hotel

Feb 9, 2000

A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

7.7

Mystic River

Oct 7, 2003

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

6.8

Summer Storm

Sep 2, 2004

Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteor-logical.

7.5

Eyes Wide Shut

Jul 16, 1999

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

7.2

People on Sunday

Feb 4, 1930

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

7.4

The Devil Wears Prada

Jun 29, 2006

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.

6.9

Batman Returns

Jun 19, 1992

Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds herself transformed into Catwoman and is out for revenge...

7.5

Miller's Crossing

Sep 21, 1990

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

8.1

Das Boot

Sep 17, 1981

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.