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Hridayam

2022 · 172 min

A bittersweet, music-filled journey through youth and adulthood that feels like a warm, nostalgic hug.

Directed by: Vineeth Sreenivasan
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Pranav Mohanlal, Darshana Rajendran, Kalyani Priyadarshan

Overview: Arun and Darshana are first-year engineering students and they fall in love soon after their college begins. And just as how things work generally in teenage, the road ahead isn't too easy for them. Life offers many twists and turns that they least expect.

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Directed by: Vineeth Sreenivasan
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Pranav Mohanlal, Darshana Rajendran, Kalyani Priyadarshan

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
love
identity
grief
redemption
Places: school
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Vineeth Sreenivasan
Written by: Vineeth Sreenivasan
Starring: Pranav Mohanlal, Darshana Rajendran, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Aswath Lal, Vijayaraghavan, Arun Kurian, Aju Varghese, Athul Ram Kumar
Music: Hesham Abdul Wahab
Cinematography: Viswajith Odukkathil
Runtime: 172 min
Country: India
Languages: Malayalam, Tamil

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