Katha Parayumbol

Dec 14, 2007

2h 10m

★ 7.6

Overview

the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so layered that every frame has a comment to make about the world and every line of the dialogue, on the mores of the society. The craze for celebrities and the problems of leading a principled life are discussed without being preachy.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Lumiere Film Company

Seven Arts International

Katha Parayumbol Trailers

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Cast

E.P. Balan

Sreenivasan

Sridevi

Meena

'Superstar' Ashok Raj

Mammootty

Venu

Mukesh

Eappachan Muthalali

Innocent

Sarasan

Jagadish

Das Vadakkemuri

Salim Kumar

Cameo

Jasveer Kaur

Sona

Shafna

Seena

Revathy Sivakumar

School Principal

KPAC Lalitha

Kuriakose

Shivaji Guruvayoor

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