Mukhamukham

Name: Mukhamukham
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-09-16
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Alummoodan, Ashokan, Azeez

1984
1h 47m

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7.0/10

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Drama

The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sridharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associat... Read allThe film starts in the early 1950s showing Sridharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a tile factory.The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sridharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a tile factory.

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7.0/10

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intentionally boring

Adoor Gopalkrishnan's MUKHAMUKHAM (FACE TO FACE, 1984) is intentionally boring, and consequently I fell asleep. Rather an obvious negative criticism on the effectiveness of communism in Kerala, it's 'hero' was once a leader of the Communist Party. But after a party split and his absence of many years he returns, apparently in a long sleep, fortified by alcohol. He responds not to his family or his former colleagues. Yet, after his violent and mysterious death, he remains a hero of the movement. This apparently was intended as a more subtle critique, but it proved obvious enough for Kerala communists to break with the director. It may also reflect problems Gopalkrishnan had after a split from his former producer, or on the halting of his projects after several more years.