Janani (1999 film)

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Janani
Directed by Rajeevnath
Screenplay by Zachariah
Rajeevnath
Story by Renji Panicker
Starring Siddique
CinematographySuresh P Nair
Edited by Beena Paul
Music by Ouseppachan
Production
company
Chitranjali
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Janani is a 1999 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Rajeevnath, starring Siddique in the lead role. Rajeevnath won the National Film Award for Best Direction. [1] [2] [3]

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Synopsis

The film is about seven nuns who take care of an orphaned baby. [4]

Cast

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]

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