After a long time, got reminded of this old movie called Douthyam and watched it thanks to YouTube… The poster said “A New Dimension in Action”, which I think considering how Malayalam movies were or even Indian movies were in general, is a true statement… The plot is pretty much simple… An army aircraft crashes somewhere in the jungle and the protagonist played by actor Mohanlal is sought to rescue the pilot and the officer who was travelling in the aircraft… The rescue effort however becomes more complicated as the protagonist runs into a smuggling group (I guess designed to resemble the African diamond mafia), but in the end, as always, the hero does emerge victorious… Then there is of-course this whole backstory to it that serves the purpose of giving it the mandated drama that the movies of the time was expected to have…

After a long time, got reminded of this old movie called Douthyam and watched it thanks to YouTube… The poster said “A New Dimension in Action”, which I think considering how Malayalam movies were or even Indian movies were in general, is a true statement… The plot is pretty much simple… An army aircraft crashes somewhere in the jungle and the protagonist played by actor Mohanlal is sought to rescue the pilot and the officer who was travelling in the aircraft… The rescue effort however becomes more complicated as the protagonist runs into a smuggling group (I guess designed to resemble the African diamond mafia), but in the end, as always, the hero does emerge victorious… Then there is of-course this whole backstory to it that serves the purpose of giving it the mandated drama that the movies of the time was expected to have…
After a long time, got reminded of this old movie called Douthyam and watched it thanks to YouTube… The poster said “A New Dimension in Action”, which I think considering how Malayalam movies were or even Indian movies were in general, is a true statement… The plot is pretty much simple… An army aircraft crashes somewhere in the jungle and the protagonist played by actor Mohanlal is sought to rescue the pilot and the officer who was travelling in the aircraft… The rescue effort however becomes more complicated as the protagonist runs into a smuggling group (I guess designed to resemble the African diamond mafia), but in the end, as always, the hero does emerge victorious… Then there is of-course this whole backstory to it that serves the purpose of giving it the mandated drama that the movies of the time was expected to have…