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Bhoothakkannadi is a film of genre Drama directed by A. K. Lohithadas with Mammootty
Bhoothakkannadi (1997)
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Add to a movie listBhoothakkannadi (Malayalam: ഭൂതക്കണ്ണാടി, Translation:Magnifying glass) is a 1997 Malayalam film directed by Lohithadas. It tells the story of Vidyadharan (Mammootty), a clocksmith's incapability to deal with the harsh realities of his life. This was Lohithadas's first movie as a director and was critically acclaimed. Lohithadas won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director at the National Film Awards. It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film in 1997. Mammootty won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
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The movie opens with Vidyadharan serving the jail imprisonment for a murder.Actors
Mammootty
(Vidyadharan)
Kalabhavan Mani
(Ayyappan)
Kavya Madhavan
(Meenu)
M.R. Gopakumar
(Balakrishnan)
Rizabawa
(Guard at prison)
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