Thanmathra

Thanmathra
DVD cover
Directed byBlessy
Written byBlessy
Based on"Orma" by Padmarajan
Produced byRaju Mathew
StarringMohanlal
Meera Vasudevan
Arjun Lal
CinematographySethu Sriram
Edited byRaja Mohammed
Music byMohan Sithara
Production
company
Century Films
Distributed byCentury Release
Release date
  • 16 December 2005 (2005-12-16)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Thanmathra ( Malayalam: തന്മാത്ര, English: Molecule) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Blessy, based on Padmarajan's short story "Orma".[1][2] It portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on the life of Ramesan Nair (Mohanlal) and his family.[3] The film collected three times its budget at the box-office and completed 150 days run.[4] Thanmathra won five Kerala State Film Awards, which includes the Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and a Special Mention Award for the debutant actor Arjun Lal. It also won the Best Feature Film in Malayalam Award at the 53rd National Film Awards.[5]

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  2. ^ Sify review
  3. ^ "Thanmathra review". Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Mohanlal makes a hatrick". IndiaGlitz. 18 May 2006. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Thanmathra bag five state awards". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.