
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.


A young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.

Parvathy Thiruvothu
Tessa

Dulquer Salmaan
Charlie

Aparna Gopinath
Kani

Chemban Vinod Jose
Mathai/Pathrose

Nedumudi Venu
Kunjappan

Kalpana
Queen Mary/Mariam

Soubin Shahir
Kallan Suni/De Souza

Tovino Thomas
Joji

Neeraj Madhav
Ansari

Seetha
Tessa's Mother
Charlie is a drama, romance film released in 2015 exploring themes of arts, comic book, love, jinn, fake death, hippy. Directed by Martin Prakkat, it stars Parvathy Thiruvothu, Dulquer Salmaan, Aparna Gopinath. A young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.
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