Film

Mathilukal

1990 · 2h · Romance · Drama

What is Freedom?

IMDb

8.2

Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.

Mammootty

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Murali

Basheer's friend

Ravi Vallathol

Razzaq

Thilakan

Jail warder

Sreenath

Jailor

Karamana Janardanan Nair

Karamana

M R Gopakumar

K. P. A. C. Azeez

Inspector

Babu Namboothiri

Jagannatha Varma

Judge

KPAC Lalitha

Narayani(Voice)

Vembayam Thampi

Thorappan

B K Nair

Ammavan

• Adoor GopalakrishnanDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Vaikom Muhammad BasheerNovel
• Mankada Ravi VarmaDirector of Photography
• Vijaya BhaskarOriginal Music Composer
• M. ManiEditor

Mathilukal Trailer | Mammootty | Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Release date

May 18, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

Malayalam

Runtime

2h

Genres

Romance, Drama