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Imbam (2023)
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Imbam tells the story of a young cartoonist Nidhin and his emotional intimacy with an old publishing house called 'Shabdam', its fifty five year old owner, 'Karunakaran, and the lady proof-reader of the same office 'Kathambari'. The sudden turn of events takes the story to an unexpected twist at the end.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, nostalgic
Plot:
cartoonist, publishing house, friendship, intimacy, character study, intimate, healing, male protagonist, slice of life, bittersweet, loneliness, memory, aging, loss, secret revealed, literary, small town, office romance, artistic
Time:
contemporary
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