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Kotthu (2022)
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Original name: കൊത്ത്
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in the rural socio-political environment of North Malabar, Kotthu follows two party workers Shanu and Sumesh and how certain party workers are honour-bound to their `acquired` political ideology of revenge killing.
Style:
tense, dark, harsh, intense, brutal, bleak, political drama
Plot:
bloodbath, revenge, retribution, revenge killing, violence, loyalty, gang warfare, betrayal, vigilantism, machismo, moral ambiguity, hostility, brotherhood, politics, rebellion
Time:
contemporary
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