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Mandakini

2024 · 125 min

A breezy, chatty wedding-night comedy that turns awkward confessions into family chaos, easy to watch and gently funny.

Directed by
Vinod Leela
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Althaf Salim, Anarkali Marikar, Ganapathi S. Poduval
Overview
Aromal and Ambili tied the knot.Aromal was really excited and delighted to start a life with Ambili but on that wedding night an unlikely incident happened which will put the entire family in complex situation.

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Directed by
Vinod Leela
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Althaf Salim, Anarkali Marikar, Ganapathi S. Poduval
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Vinod Leela
Written by
Vinod Leela
Starring
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Music
Bibin Ashok
Cinematography
Shiju M Bhaskar
Runtime
125 min
Country
India
Languages
Malayalam

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