Padavettu (2022) on Netflix
Ravi lives with his aunt Pushpa in Maloor, with no money to repair their house. When the politician Kuyyali rebuilds it unasked and puts a party plaque outside, Ravi tears it down.
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Plot summary
In Maloor, a village in northern Kerala, Ravi sits at home all day and quarrels with his aunt Pushpa and the neighbors. The house is falling apart and there is no money to repair it, and Pushpa's requests to the Panchayat go unanswered. The political leader Kuyyali sees his chance: he has the house rebuilt without asking them and fixes a plaque advertising his party in front of it. Ravi tears the plaque down at night. A wild boar kills the neighbor Mohanan's father in the fields, and Mohanan is injured when he goes after the animal. Ravi takes up farming, and Kuyyali works to take control of the farmers' land.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Padavettu (2022)
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- Padavettu was shot at Maloor in Kannur, the native village of director Liju Krishna, and around a thousand people from that village were put through a crash course in acting for the film.
