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MASTER SCORE 78.2 / 100
1990·Drama / Romance·2h

MATHILUKAL

“What is Freedom?”

Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.

Above the Line
Adoor Gopalakrishnan·DirectorAdoor Gopalakrishnan·ScreenplayVaikom Muhammad Basheer·NovelMankada Ravi Varma·Director of PhotographyVijaya Bhaskar·Original Music ComposerM. Mani·Editor
Cast
Mammootty·Vaikom Muhammad BasheerMurali·Basheer's friendRavi Vallathol·RazzaqThilakan·Jail warderSreenath·JailorKaramana Janardanan Nair·KaramanaM R GopakumarK. P. A. C. Azeez·InspectorBabu NamboothiriJagannatha Varma·Judge
Full Crew
(8 credits)
Directing· 1
Adoor Gopalakrishnan·Director
Writing· 2
Adoor Gopalakrishnan·ScreenplayVaikom Muhammad Basheer·Novel
Camera· 1
Mankada Ravi Varma·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
M. Mani·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Vijaya Bhaskar·Original Music ComposerN Harikumar·Sound
Production· 1
Adoor Gopalakrishnan·Producer
By the Numbers
78.2
OF 100
Master Score
8.2
OF 10
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