Mathilukal

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 18, 1990

Original language

Malayalam

Spoken languages

Malayalam

Countries

India

Production

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0097851