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Manoharam (2019)
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Original name: മനോഹരം
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Manoharan is a poster artist struggling to find respect for his profession, after the advent of printing technology. He tries hard to get into the mainstream, by picking up design software skills. Will he succeed?
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, inspirational, melancholic, earnest
Plot:
technology, changing lives, problem, satire, lifestyle change, creative process, adaptation, slice of life, humanism, nostalgia, family drama, realism, resilience, identity, bittersweet, small town life, intimate, social change, self discovery, artist, malayalam
Time:
contemporary
Place:
india
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