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Abhayam

  • 19911991
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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POPULARITY
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62,937
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Eight-year-old Vinu is an artistically inclined boy, who is irresistibly drawn to Nature. His parents, however, try to pin him to a rigid routine. Vinu finds that he is a prisoner of time in... Read allEight-year-old Vinu is an artistically inclined boy, who is irresistibly drawn to Nature. His parents, however, try to pin him to a rigid routine. Vinu finds that he is a prisoner of time in terms of his daily chores. He finds solace in thinking about his loving grandfather and h... Read allEight-year-old Vinu is an artistically inclined boy, who is irresistibly drawn to Nature. His parents, however, try to pin him to a rigid routine. Vinu finds that he is a prisoner of time in terms of his daily chores. He finds solace in thinking about his loving grandfather and his village. One day Vinu runs away. In the course of his journey, he meets and interacts w... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
11
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POPULARITY
454,756
62,937
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    • Director
      • Santosh Sivan
    • Writers
      • Shibu Chakravarthy(screenplay, dialogue)
      • Santosh Sivan(story)
    • Stars
      • Tarun Kumar Chatterjee
      • Madhu
      • Prema Menon
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    • Director
      • Santosh Sivan
    • Writers
      • Shibu Chakravarthy(screenplay, dialogue)
      • Santosh Sivan(story)
    • Stars
      • Tarun Kumar Chatterjee
      • Madhu
      • Prema Menon
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    Tarun Kumar Chatterjee
    Tarun Kumar Chatterjee
      Madhu
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      Prema Menon
      Parvathi
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      Raghavan
      Raghavan
      Ramachandran
      Ramachandran
      Kottayam Santha
      Tarun
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      • Director
        • Santosh Sivan
      • Writers
        • Shibu Chakravarthy(screenplay, dialogue)
        • Santosh Sivan(story)
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      9/10
      A beautiful movie about how a child runaway in the course of his journey for his real world.
      Eight year old Vinu is an artistically inclined boy, who is irresistibly drawn to Nature. His parents, however, try to pin him to a rigid routine. Vinu finds that he is a prisoner of time in terms of his daily chores. He wants to be free like a bird, but he is always forced to go to his school. He dislikes routine homework's, studying s, exams and all.

      He finds solace in thinking about his loving grandfather and his village. One day Vinu runs away. In the course of his journey, he meets and interacts with many people and faces adventures & encounters that are unusual. Vinu finally reaches his destination - his grandfather's village.
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      • Release date
        • January 1, 1991 (India)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Languages
        • Malayalam
        • Hindi
      • Also known as
        • Shelter
      • Production company
        • Children's Film Society of India
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