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'''''Paadha Mudra''''' is a [[1988 in film|1988]] [[Malayalam language|Malayalam-language]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[feature film]] [[Film director|directed]] by [[R. Sukumaran]], starring [[Mohanlal]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] and [[Nedumudi Venu]] in lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paadha Mudra - 1988 film|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2077|publisher=ebay|accessdate=2015-06-28|}}</ref>
'''''Paadha Mudra''''' is a [[1988 in film|1988]] [[Malayalam language|Malayalam-language]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[feature film]] [[Film director|directed]] by [[R. Sukumaran]], starring [[Mohanlal]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] and [[Nedumudi Venu]] in lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paadha Mudra - 1988 film|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2077|publisher=malayalachalachithram|accessdate=2015-06-28|}}</ref>


The film won [[Mohanlal]] the 1988 [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Malayalam)|Filmfare Award for Best Actor]].
The film won [[Mohanlal]] the 1988 [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Malayalam)|Filmfare Award for Best Actor]].

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Paadha Mudra
Promotional Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan
Directed byR. Sukumaran
StarringMohanlal
Seema
Nedumudi Venu
Mala Aravindan
Sithara
Urvashi
Jagadish
Kalasala Babu
Music byVidhyadharan
Release date
  • 24 June 1988 (1988-06-24)
Running time
125 min.
LanguageMalayalam
BudgetRs 45 lakhs

Paadha Mudra is a 1988 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by R. Sukumaran, starring Mohanlal, Seema and Nedumudi Venu in lead roles.[1]

The film won Mohanlal the 1988 Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

Plot

Paadha Mudra is a family film where an emotional battle happens to a son due to his father. Mohan Lal plays dual roles, one is a worker in the quarry, while the other is a home business owner.

Cast

Symbols used in the film

Paadha Mudra is affluent with a good amount of symbols. Some of them are need to be mentioned. The 'pappadom' that the character Mathu Pandaram sells symbolizes the semen. Since this character is loyal to the deity that he represents, (who gives the fortune of children for those who do not have them) his characterization as a person who sells 'pappadams' alongside becoming himself the human form of the deity is very significant and also justifiable. The spoon that is thrown by the child character Kuttappan to his biological father Mathu Pandaram can be seen as a symbol of penis. Somewhere in the film we are shown the character of Kuttappan treading on an old rag that contains the menstrual blood of his mother. This can be seen as a symbolic way of telling Kuttappan's resentment toward a life of misfortune he has to lead and of a life over which he has only lesser controls.

References

  1. ^ "Paadha Mudra - 1988 film". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 2015-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)