Mathilukal

The story

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.

Cast & crew

MammoottyVaikom Muhammad Basheer

MuraliBasheer's friend

Ravi VallatholRazzaq

ThilakanJail warder

SreenathJailor

Karamana Janardanan NairKaramana

M R GopakumarCast

K. P. A. C. AzeezInspector

Babu NamboothiriCast

Jagannatha VarmaJudge

KPAC LalithaNarayani(Voice)

Vembayam Thampi

Vembayam ThampiThorappan