Jayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.Jayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.Jayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.
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- Writer
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Babu Namboothiri
- Thangal
- (as Babu Nampoothiri)
Anandavally
- Clara
- (voice)
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- TriviaThe groundbreaking film is based on a real person from Kerala.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Beautiful (2011)
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A puzzle of True Love and Marriage that somehow finds a way without using intellectual sentiments.
Thoovanathumbikal (1987) :
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A puzzle of True Love and Marriage that somehow finds a way without using intellectual sentiments. Thoovanathumbikal is one of the highest rated Malayalam Film at IMDb and to be honest i am surprised to see such high ratings. Well, my opinion differs and so does other people's therefore i won't call it overrated and invite geniune mocking. I just feel that maybe malayalam audience haven't seen better films from world cinema so they found this one extraordinary. I would suggest them to watch films like 'J'accuse' (1919) and 'Sunrise' (1927) or little modern ones in talkies like 'Dodsworth' (1936) and 'Casablanca' (1942) if they really want to see top class Romance/Love Triangle with some unbeaten intellectual theories in human forms. Thoovanathumbikal is about Jayakrishnan who falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with. The main problem here is that not a single character has that generous nature and matured, subtle thinking while dealing with the mess. When Radha falls in love with Jaya it looked like we are heading for something extremely emotional but it doesn't go that way. She continues chasing Jaya even after knowing what he has done and is doing. That didn't make any sense to me. Secondly, Clara's character didn't show anything that would make me feel something for her. I mean she was cold, unexplored and unsettled. Jaya was no different, rather he was very spoiled then i don't understand why a genuine girl would fall for him so deep? I mean they didn't have any conversations or friendship for that, it was so indirect. I liked the performances and direction but the writing goes with lots of complaints for not using any intelligent and honest theories of love. This was so cold romance, even for hardcore lovers, I mean even platonic affairs shows more maturity than this so called 'Serious' affair.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A puzzle of True Love and Marriage that somehow finds a way without using intellectual sentiments. Thoovanathumbikal is one of the highest rated Malayalam Film at IMDb and to be honest i am surprised to see such high ratings. Well, my opinion differs and so does other people's therefore i won't call it overrated and invite geniune mocking. I just feel that maybe malayalam audience haven't seen better films from world cinema so they found this one extraordinary. I would suggest them to watch films like 'J'accuse' (1919) and 'Sunrise' (1927) or little modern ones in talkies like 'Dodsworth' (1936) and 'Casablanca' (1942) if they really want to see top class Romance/Love Triangle with some unbeaten intellectual theories in human forms. Thoovanathumbikal is about Jayakrishnan who falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with. The main problem here is that not a single character has that generous nature and matured, subtle thinking while dealing with the mess. When Radha falls in love with Jaya it looked like we are heading for something extremely emotional but it doesn't go that way. She continues chasing Jaya even after knowing what he has done and is doing. That didn't make any sense to me. Secondly, Clara's character didn't show anything that would make me feel something for her. I mean she was cold, unexplored and unsettled. Jaya was no different, rather he was very spoiled then i don't understand why a genuine girl would fall for him so deep? I mean they didn't have any conversations or friendship for that, it was so indirect. I liked the performances and direction but the writing goes with lots of complaints for not using any intelligent and honest theories of love. This was so cold romance, even for hardcore lovers, I mean even platonic affairs shows more maturity than this so called 'Serious' affair.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
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- Butterflies of the Spraying Rain
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- Ottapalam Railway Station, Ottapalam, Kerala, India(end sequence)
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- Runtime2 hours 31 minutes
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