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Nadodikkattu

Nadodikkattu

19878.02h 38m

Overview

After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?

Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Written by Sreenivasan, Siddique, Lal
Produced by Mohanlal, Seema, I V Sasi
Box OfficeBudget: $25K0

Top Cast

Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Dasan

Sreenivasan

Sreenivasan

Vijayan

Shobana

Shobana

Radha

Thilakan

Thilakan

Ananthan Nambiar

Innocent

Innocent

Balagopalan

Janardhanan

Janardhanan

Kovai Venkatesan

Captain Raju

Captain Raju

Pavanayi

Mamukkoya

Mamukkoya

Gafoor

C I Paul

C I Paul

Inspector

Kundara Johny

Kundara Johny

Varghese, Nambiar's henchman

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Themes & Keywords

drug dealerdetectivetime bombpoliticiandubaimisunderstandingbow and arrowjobless

About Nadodikkattu

Nadodikkattu is a comedy film released in 1987 exploring themes of drug dealer, detective, time bomb, politician, dubai, misunderstanding. Directed by Sathyan Anthikad, it stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Shobana. After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?

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