''Seelabathi'' is a 2005 Malayalam

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written and directed by

R. Sarath R. Sarath is an Indian film director and screenwriter working primarily in the Cinema of Kerala, Malayalam film industry. Career Sarath's rendezvous with films started with ''Sayahnam (Twilight)'' in 2000.The film marked his debut as a directo ...

, starring

Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' ...

and

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in the lead roles. The film, according to the director, is for "all those girls who have been reported missing from several parts of the State." The film opened on 12 December to critical acclaim."A mirror to society"
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Plot

The movie begins with the arrival of Seelabathi and her mother Sumangala to Kerala from Bengal. Though Sumangala returns to Bengal, Seelabathi stays behind because she gets a temporary job as a computer teacher in a school, for a few months. She stays with her grandparents. Her grandfather is a farmer who loves farming more than perhaps anything else. And in school, she soon gets adapted to things and becomes friendly with her students. Sheelabathi also meets a young doctor Jeevan, with whom she becomes very friendly. In the village there are people who come to dig huge bore-wells and consequently there is much of

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. And young students disappear mysteriously from the school and end up being sexually exploited. Their parents accuse that it is due to the new teacher's computer courses that such incidents were happening in the village. Then the story continues telling how Sheelabathi overcomes to all problems.

Cast

as Seelabathi *

as Dr. Jeevan Bhasker * Urmila Unni as Sumangala * Nedumbram Gopi *

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as Vasu/Basu * C. K. Babu as farmer

References

External links

''Seelabathi''
at the

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Movie Database
''Seelabathi''
at the Malayalam Movie Database 2000s Malayalam-language films Films directed by R. Sarath {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub