''Janani'' is a 1999
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Malayalam
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film, directed by
Rajeevnath
Rajeevnath is a National Award-winning Malayalam film director.
Career
Rajeevnath ventured into filmmaking with a short film shot in 16mm camera after finishing his university course. He debuted as a director of feature films with ''Thanal'' (1 ...
, starring
Siddique in the lead role. Rajeevnath won the
National Film Award for Best Direction
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.
Synopsis
The film is about seven nuns who take care of an orphaned baby.
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 ''
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'' 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".
References
External links
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1999 films
1990s Malayalam-language films
Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award
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