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Ponthan Mada (1994)

1h 48m

Running Time

Ponthan Mada (1994)

Name: Ponthan Mada
Genre: Drama
Released: 1994-03-09

1h 48m

Running Time

Plot.

Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window, with Mada hanging from a palm tree.

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Cast & Crew.

Mammootty

Mada

Naseeruddin Shah

Seema Thampuran

Laboni Sarkar

V K Sreeraman

Janardhanan

Mahesh

Actor

Maniyanpilla Raju

Sreejaya Nair

Reshmi

Lakshmi Krishnamurthy

Mavelikkara Ponnamma

Actress

T. Ravindranath

Producer

T. V. Chandran

Director / Screenplay

Johnson

Music

Swapna Ravi

Actress

M Venugopal

Editor

C. V. Sreeraman

Story

Venu

Director of Photography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 9, 1994

Original Name
പൊന്തൻ മാട

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 48m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Ponthan Mada is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by T. V. Chandran. The film stars Mammootty and Naseeruddin Shah. It is based on two short stories, Ponthan Mada and Sheema Thampuran by C. V. Sreeraman. The film won four awards at the National Film Awards including the Best Actor award for Mammotty. It also won the Kerala State Film Award for the best second film. This is the only Malayalam-language film of Naseeruddin Shah. The film was a commercial success.