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Bharathan Effect

Bharathan Effect

Myth meets Science

2007 2h 10mScience Fiction

One among the few sci-fi movies in Malayalam, 'Bharathan Effect' tells the story of Bharathan (Biju Menon) who is a genius inventor struggling to make ends meet. His efforts are under appreciated by his wife Geetha (Geethu Mohandas) and causes constant conflict between them. After apparently seeing an object float in air defying gravity; Bharathan gets obsessed by the whole idea. He tries to research the topic with the financial assistance of his landlord (Jagathy Sreekumar) despite the entire community branding him as a lunatic. The rest of the film deals with his quest to find the truth behind the strange phenomenon of anti-gravity that he witnesses.

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Synopsis

One among the few sci-fi movies in Malayalam, 'Bharathan Effect' tells the story of Bharathan (Biju Menon) who is a genius inventor struggling to make ends meet. His efforts are under appreciated by his wife Geetha (Geethu Mohandas) and causes constant conflict between them. After apparently seeing an object float in air defying gravity; Bharathan gets obsessed by the whole idea. He tries to research the topic with the financial assistance of his landlord (Jagathy Sreekumar) despite the entire community branding him as a lunatic. The rest of the film deals with his quest to find the truth behind the strange phenomenon of anti-gravity that he witnesses.

The vibe

experimentinventoranti-gravity

Behind it

Anil DasDirectorMadhu MuttamWriterK. Ramachandra BabuK. Ramachandra BabuCinematography

Cast

Biju MenonBiju MenonBharathan
Geethu MohandasGeethu MohandasGeetha
Jagathy SreekumarJagathy SreekumarKaria
Ponnamma BabuPonnamma Babu
SudheeshSudheeshPeter
InnocentInnocentThankachan's father
KalpanaKalpanaThankachan's mother
Rajan P DevRajan P DevPriest
Suresh GopiSuresh GopiDr. Pandala
Saji Soman

Director

Anil Das

Writer

Madhu Muttam

Release date

16 Aug 2007

Runtime

2h 10m

Studio

Nandakishora Films

Language

Malayalam

Country

India

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