Appu is a 1990 Malayalam film directed by Dennis Joseph. The film stars Mohanlal, Sunitha, K R Vijaya and Murali in lead roles.
Acting
Mohanlal's career-defining performance as Appukuttan.
Direction
Dennis Joseph's unsentimental, devastating restraint.
Writing
Screenplay that trusts silence over melodrama.
Director
Dennis Joseph
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mohanlal reportedly spent weeks observing people with intellectual disabilities at a Kozhikode care facility to prepare.
The film helped shift Malayalam cinema's portrayal of disability from comic relief to humanized drama.
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