And There Was a Village...

And There Was a Village...

1987•1h 52m•7.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(4)

In the 1950s a village in Kerala is preparing itself to be included in the nation's electric grid. Things are looking up for villagers and everyone is optimistic about the progress that electrification will bring. However soon some trouble brews starting with petty quarrels on trees being felled for the power lines. A series of unfortunate events follow the electrification as the village comes into terms with rapid modernization.

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ML

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nedumudi Venu

Nedumudi Venu

Overseer Sundaresan

Sreenivasan

Sreenivasan

Kuttan

Thilakan

Thilakan

Raman (Manager)

Vineeth Radhakrishnan

Vineeth Radhakrishnan

Jose

Sithara

Sithara

Rema

M S Thrippunithura

M S Thrippunithura

Namboothirippad

Krishnankutty Nair

Krishnankutty Nair

Comrade Shekaran

Jaganathan

Jaganathan

Drama Artist's Father

Innocent

Innocent

Dr. Rajasekharan

Chandran Nair

Maashu

Kunjandi

Kunjandi

Thommachan

Valsala Menon

Valsala Menon

Rema's Mother

Zeenath

Zeenath

Soorya

Kuttan's girlfriend

Kukku Parameswaran

Kukku Parameswaran

Panchami

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