And There Was a Village... (1987)

8.0/10 112 min Drama

Overview

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. A series of unfortunate events follow the electrification as the village comes into terms with rapid modernization.

Cast

Nedumudi Venu

Overseer Sundaresan

Sreenivasan

Kuttan

Thilakan

Raman (Manager)

Vineeth Radhakrishnan

Jose

Sithara

Rema

M S Thrippunithura

Namboothirippad

Krishnankutty Nair

Comrade Shekaran

Jaganathan

Drama Artist's Father

Innocent

Dr. Rajasekharan

Kunjandi

Thommachan

Valsala Menon

Rema's Mother

Zeenath

Kukku Parameswaran

Panchami

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