And There Was a Village... (1987)

Malayalam movie · Drama · 112 min · TMDB 8/10

In the 1950s a village in Kerala is preparing itself to be included in the nation's electric grid. Things are looking up for villagers and everyone is optimistic about the progress that electrification will bring. However soon some trouble brews starting with petty quarrels on trees being felled for the power lines.

Cast: Nedumudi Venu (Overseer Sundaresan), Sreenivasan (Kuttan), Thilakan (Raman (Manager)), Vineeth Radhakrishnan (Jose), Sithara (Rema), M S Thrippunithura (Namboothirippad).

Directed by Govindan Aravindan.

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