Scissors

Scissors

Kathrika, Malayalam Short Film

2020•10m•3.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.0/10(1)

Casteism and racism are not stories from remote past. In Indian society, these evils take a peculiar shape at the intersection of 'class'. "Kathrika" features the happenings inside a beauty salon, giving sneak peak to the ugly side of discrimination in our times.

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Production

Budget Lab Productions

Language

ML

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Unni Raja

Unni Raja

Protagonist

Arun Kumar

Barber

Thamban Kodakkad

Nair

Ashwin Thayineri

Man (Shaving)

Vivek Raghunadhan

Man (Redshirt)

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