Life Is Beautiful (2000)
Genre : Family, Drama
Runtime : 2H 9M
Director : Fazil
Synopsis
Vinayachandran and Sindhu are an ideal couple, who are so fond of each other that the greatest thing that they love, according to their neighbours Nambiarettan and Shoshammetathi. Vinayan has just joined a reputed public school as a teacher of Malayalam. The fact that he wants to teach Malayalam is projected as a politically correct stand, which Vinayan promptly starts elaborating with his unconventional ways of teaching.
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Adaptation of Sylvester Stallone's Over the Top in a horse-racing environment.