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Oru Muthassi Katha is a film of genre Drama directed by Priyadarshan with Vineeth

Oru Muthassi Katha (1988)

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Oru Muthassi Katha is a 1988 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Priyadarshan for Super Film International starring Vineeth and Nirosha in lead roles, supported by Tamil actor Thiagarajan with M. G. Soman, Innocent, Lizy and Sreenivasan playing other important roles.

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The story is set in a fisherman village in the western cost of Kerala. The story revolves around the antagonist Chemparundu (Thiagarajan) who is responsible for many murders in the village. Karthu, the daughter of Chemparundu falls for Chanthu (Vineeth), an orphan. As the story progresses, Unnikrishnan(K. B. Ganesh Kumar), a young man with mysterious intentions arrives at the village for fishing business.

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