Kalippaattakkaaran: Toy Maker

Mar 15, 2017

1h 24m

★ 5.0

Overview

A young toymaker tries to make sense of the impermanence of life that he has been forced to acknowledge through experiences of separation and death.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rahman Brothers Productions

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Cast

Seba

Noel Raphael

Anna

Kshama Krishna

Radha

Sunitha

Anna (Child)

Gopika

Seba (Child)

Goutham

Radha (Child)

Achu

Gopalettan

Rajan Kalabhavan

Sebas Mother

Sreeja

Villager 1

Dileep Gopalakrishnan

Villager 2

Ayyappa Das

Villager 3

Niteesh Zacharaiah

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