Oru Pennum Randaanum
| Oru Pennum Randaanum (A Woman and Two Men) | |
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| Directed by | Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
| Produced by | Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions Benzy Martin Doordarshan |
| Written by | Adoor Gopalakrishnan based on the short stories of Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |
| Starring | M. R. Gopakumar, Seema G. Nair , Nedumudi Venu, Jagannathan, Vijayaraghavan, Sudheesh, Jagadeesh, Praveena, Ravi Vallathol, Manoj.K.Jayan |
| Music by | Isaac Thomas |
| Cinematography | M.J. Radhakrishnan |
| Edited by | Ajith |
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| Language | Malayalam |
Oru Pennum Randaanum (Translation: A Woman and Two Men) is a 2008 Malayalam feature film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
The film has four separate chapters, each based on independent short stories written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. The film is about four crimes of different nature that happen in different contexts and situations. The setting is the Princely State of Travancore, South India in the 1940s. The Second World War being fought in Europe at that time had terrible impact on the colonial British India with increasing scarcity of basic commodities and rising unemployment. The stories in this film span from crimes committed by the deprived to the comparatively privileged landed gentry.
The four chapters of the film tell stories, which are independent of each other. The only connection between them is the recurring theme of crime. With the flow of the movie, there is an increase in the complexity of the crimes.
Kallante Makan (The Thief)
Kunjunni is the school going son of the thief, Neelantan. He enters into a fight with his classmate, Kurien, over the profession of his father. Neelantan approaches Kurien's father, Mathai, and urges him to leave the children alone from such prejudices. Mathai is offended by this and in retaliation prepares a petition to the police chief demanding preventive custody of Neelantan. Upon Neelantan's arrest, Kunjunni persuades his mother to talk him out of his profession. Two years later, Kunjunni comes home with the news that Kurien's house has been burgled. A heartbroken Kunjunni realizes the truth about the burglary when he sees the full meal and new clothes at his home.
Niyamavum Neethiyum (Law and justice)
The new police Inspector is upright and decides to probe the 'unsolved' case of a theft in a merchant's shop. It is rumoured that the Head Constable Pillai had a liaison with the culprit and they shared the loot. Upon the Inspector's order, Pillai and his fellow-constable Mathu set out to solve the case. Though Mathu suggests to re-arrest the culprit, Pillai vacillates. While discussing this issue in a local bar, Mathu spots a moment of opportunity when he notices a rickshaw-puller opening an envelope of currency notes. Before the innocent victim comes to terms with the situation, he is arrested for the burglary. He is threatened that if he proceeds to defend himself or appeal, he will lose all his savings. The poor victim has hardly a choice.
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