Thalappavu (2008)
Género : Crimen
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 42M
Director : Madhupal
Sinopsis
Thalappavu (English: The Headgear ) is a 2008 Malayalam film based on the story of Naxal Varghese and Police Constable P. Ramachandran Pillai, directed by Madhupal and written by Babu Janardhanan. The film portrays the social and political issues of the Naxalite era of the 1970s in Kerala.
Kasi y Suni son amigos cercanos que estudiaron juntos en una escuela de ingeniería. Assi, que viene a Kerala para estudiar ingeniería bajo la cuota del noreste, se enamora de Kasi. Ciertos incidentes que siguen hacen que Kasi y Suni viajen a Nagaland en dos motocicletas. Los incidentes que ocurren durante esta aventura en el camino forman la película.
Willams es padre y esposo. Sus hijos lo consideran un padre maravilloso, pero su mujer está cansada de que se comporte como si también él fuera un niño. Tras un accidentado divorcio, aunque lucha con todas sus fuerzas para conseguir la custodia de los niños, el juez no se la concede. Decide entonces hacerse pasar por una señora mayor para poder ser, al menos, la canguro de sus hijos.
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