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Kettiyollaanu Ente Maalakha (2019)
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Original name: കെട്ട്യോളാണ് എന്റെ മാലാഖ
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Sleevachan, a farmer who is uncomfortable around women, gets married to Rincy. On the advice of his friends, he gets drunk one night and rapes her, causing her to leave him.
Style:
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Plot:
marriage, rape, sexual abuse, family drama, toxic masculinity, village, marital abuse, trauma, separation, wife leaves husband, moral ambiguity, confrontation, character study, isolation, regret, mental health, aging, husband wife relationship, married, malayalam
Time:
contemporary
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