Bramayugam (2024) on Netflix
In 17th-century South Malabar, the folk singer Thevan comes upon a ramshackle mana in the forest. Its aged lord, Kodumon Potti, hears him sing and insists he stay there for life.
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Plot summary
In 17th-century South Malabar, Thevan, a paanan or folk singer, and his friend Koran camp in a forested area. Thevan runs off and in the morning finds a ramshackle mana. Trying to crack open a coconut against his hunger, he is found by the house's cook and brought before the aged lord, Kodumon Potti. Potti asks where he is from; learning that Thevan is a singer, he asks for a song and praises it. He then insists that Thevan stay in the mana for the rest of his life, though Thevan wants to leave.
Cast
- Aluva Sheeba Sebastianas Thevan's Mother
- Akash Chandranas Goblin
- Rafnas Rafeekas Theyyam
- Sergias Portuguese Infantryman 2
- Nikolaas Portuguese Cavalryman
- Stasas Portuguese Army
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bramayugam (2024)
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- In 2026, Bramayugam was selected for a special screening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on February 12, as part of its Where the Forest Meets the Sea series — the first film starring Mammootty ever shown at the museum.
- Mammootty won his seventh Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor and his fourth National Film Award for Best Actor for playing Kodumon Potti in Bramayugam.
- Rahul Sadasivan wrote Bramayugam during the COVID lockdown, before his earlier film Bhoothakalam, and it took him eight months; novelist T. D. Ramakrishnan helped develop the script and its period dialogue.
