Janani (1999 film)
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Janani is a 1999
Malayalam film, directed by Rajeevnath, starring Siddique in the lead role. Rajeevnath won the National Film Award for Best Direction.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
The film is about seven nuns who take care of an orphaned baby.[4]
Cast
- Siddique as Father
- Kavitha Ladnier as Sister Mary Ann
- Latheef as Doctor
- Rosline as Sr. Victoria
- Santhakumari as Servant Eliyamma
- Rukhmini
Reception
Reviewing the film at the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2000, Robert Koehler of Variety opined that "What appears to be a drama about how an elderly nun will fit into convent culture dissolves into random sequences of various innocuous relationships".[5]
References
- ^ Tharakan, Tony (8 August 2007). ""Casablanca" to be remade on Indian shores". Reuters.
- ^ Shobha Warrier (12 June 2006). "Paris Hilton is no Mother Teresa". Rediff.com.
- The Tribune.
- ^ "Is Paris Hilton The Next Mother Teresa?". The New York Times. 4 April 2006.
- ^ Koehler, Koehler (22 January 2000). "Janani". Variety.
External links
- Janani at IMDb