The Pretty Eyed Girl
Sunetra is a migrant cook from far away Bengal working in Kerala.To celebrate her birthday Adi, the young poet she loves, steals a car and takes off with her to a beach.The two lovers do not realise that the car belongs to a thug who is following them - a thug who will not hesitate to kill.
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Sunetra is a migrant cook from far away Bengal working in Kerala. To celebrate her birthday Adi, the young poet she loves, steals a car and takes off with her to a beach. The two lovers do not realise that the car belongs to a thug who is following them - a thug who will not hesitate to kill. SUNETRA can be seen as a metaphor for life itself, where death is always hiding behind the trees. As always, the Babusenan Brothers are exploring their philosophical concerns here through the medium of the film story.
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- Release date
- Jan 20, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
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- Language
- Malayalam
- Country
- India
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