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Konthayum Poonoolum (2014)
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Konthayum Poonoolum (2014)
Original name: കൊന്തയും പൂണൂലും
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The movie deals with the trials and tribulations of multiple disconnected characters trying to find meaning in the spiritual and super natural experiences they have. The intertwining story threads include a baker (Kunchako) going to meet his pregnant wife (Bhama), a moneylender (Manoj K Jayan) with an imaginary friend (Saiju Kurup), an atheist policeman (Kalabhavan Mani) who is unfaithful to his wife, an old man (Janardhanan) whose daughter (Anju Aravind) gets into a road accident, a photographer (Joy Mathew) and a college girl (Sarayu) trying to prank her room mates.
Plot: ghost, police, supernatural, religion, fear, pregnant wife, bakery, drug, malayalam, drugs

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