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Godha

2017 · 120 min

A sunny, crowd-pleasing underdog sports comedy that mixes village warmth, gentle romance and rousing training montages into an easy, feel-good watch.

Directed by
Basil Joseph
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Wamiqa Gabbi, Tovino Thomas, Renji Panicker
Overview
A washed-up wrestler's life changes when he brings a passionate female wrestler from Punjab to his conservative Kerala village, sparking a comedic yet inspiring revolution in the local wrestling pits.

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Directed by
Basil Joseph
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Wamiqa Gabbi, Tovino Thomas, Renji Panicker
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sport
  • ambition
  • family
  • identity
  • gender
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Basil Joseph
Written by
Rakesh Mantodi
Starring
Wamiqa Gabbi, Tovino Thomas, Renji Panicker, Aju Varghese, Hareesh Peradi, Maala Parvathi, Mamukkoya, Bijukuttan
Music
Shaan Rahman
Cinematography
Vishnu Sarma
Runtime
120 min
Country
India
Languages
English, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil

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