Mathilukal
What is Freedom?
Overview
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.
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Cast

Mammootty
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Murali
Basheer's friend

Ravi Vallathol
Razzaq

Thilakan
Jail warder

Sreenath
Jailor

Karamana Janardanan Nair
Karamana

M R Gopakumar

K. P. A. C. Azeez
Inspector

Babu Namboothiri

Jagannatha Varma
Judge

KPAC Lalitha
Narayani(Voice)
Vembayam Thampi
Thorappan