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Nizhalkuthu is a film directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan with Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Nizhalkuthu (2002)
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Add to a movie listNizhalkuthu (English: Shadow Kill, French: Le Serviteur de Kali, Malayalam: നിഴല്ക്കുത്ത്) is a 2002 Indian film directed, written and co-produced by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The film explores the recesses of the human consciousness. The film stars Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Narain, Murali, Sukumari, Reeja, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan, Jagathi Sreekumar and Tara Kalyan. It premiered on 7 September 2002 at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.
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The plot is set in the 1940s in a village of Travancore, British India. Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. The reason for this self-destruction is the remorse born out of the feeling that the last man he hanged was an innocent.Actors
Oduvil Unnikrishnan
(Kaliyappan the executioner)
Sukumari
(Marakatam, his wife)
Murali
(Vasu, Madhavy's Husband)
Sivakumar
(Mallika's Lover)
Narain
(Muthu, Kaliyappan's son)
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