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Arabikkatha

  • 2007
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
976
YOUR RATING
Sreenivasan in Arabikkatha (2007)
Drama

Mukundan, a hard core communist exposes the atrocities of Karunan, a politician. But, the society shuns him for his anachronistic views.Mukundan, a hard core communist exposes the atrocities of Karunan, a politician. But, the society shuns him for his anachronistic views.Mukundan, a hard core communist exposes the atrocities of Karunan, a politician. But, the society shuns him for his anachronistic views.

  • Director
    • Lal Jose
  • Writer
    • Iqbal Kuttippuram
  • Stars
    • Sreenivasan
    • Chu Min Zhang
    • Indrajith Sukumaran
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    976
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lal Jose
    • Writer
      • Iqbal Kuttippuram
    • Stars
      • Sreenivasan
      • Chu Min Zhang
      • Indrajith Sukumaran
    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Sreenivasan
    Sreenivasan
    • 'Cuba' Mukundan
    Chu Min Zhang
    • Zhang Chu Min
    Indrajith Sukumaran
    Indrajith Sukumaran
    • Anwar
    • (as Indrajith)
    Shivaji Guruvayoor
    Shivaji Guruvayoor
    • P.P. Karunan
    Samvrutha Sunil
    Samvrutha Sunil
    • Maya
    • (as Samvrutha)
    Jagathy Sreekumar
    Jagathy Sreekumar
    • K.K. Kunjunni
    Jayasurya
    Jayasurya
    • Siddharthan
    Sadiq
    Sadiq
    • Abbas
    Salim Kumar
    Salim Kumar
    • Kareem
    Augustine
    Augustine
    • Varghese
    Nedumudi Venu
    Nedumudi Venu
    • 'Society' Gopalan
    Suraj Venjaramoodu
    Suraj Venjaramoodu
    • James Thiruvananthapuram
    K.T.C. Abdullah
    K.T.C. Abdullah
    K.K. Moideen Koya
    K.K. Moideen Koya
    • Vishwam Kathalikkadu
    Manikandan
    Manikandan
    Narayanan Nair
    Narayanan Nair
    • Ravunni
    Anil Panachooran
    Anil Panachooran
    • Singer at the Meeting
    'Atlas' Ramachandran
    • 'Coat' Nambiar
    • Director
      • Lal Jose
    • Writer
      • Iqbal Kuttippuram(story screenplay dilogue)
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    • Connections
      Referenced in Chirakodinja Kinavukal (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Thaarakamalarukal Viriyum
      Written by Anil Panachooran

      Performed by Vineeth Sreenivasan and Sujatha

    User reviews2

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    9/10
    Strong criticism on Communism and its ideals
    The movie captured my heart because it shows political party shouldn't be governed based on theories that are in the books they follow or in the way one guy. It should be in favor of people and time. Several occasions and examples are stated in movie about idealism that can be wrong, but even when they showed clearly all these and mocked them party people claimed the movie to be theirs. In 1 scene Srinivasans character mukundan is asked to type in his name in computer and flashback goes to the time when he is conducting strike against use of computers, another scene shows that people work hard to earn a living in foreign countries as construction workers and all but at home they do nothing just sit around and create problems. Then the starting shows conversation between Mukundan and his father,Mukundan says he is going to destroy all the plantations because they removed rice field to make it into plantations then his father asks its also agriculture and in the past communism destroyed a lot of things for which they had to say sorry in the future. So at present what seems to be right could turn out to be wrong in the future and saying sorry wont bring back what was destroyed. The movie also shows that communism has some good people but purely believing in books and ideals which are written down are not enough to serve people and their needs.
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    • anupviswanath
    • May 10, 2012

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    • Release date
      • July 5, 2007 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Malayalam
    • Also known as
      • Arabian Tale
    • Filming locations
      • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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