Piravi

Top 5 Billed Cast

Premji
Premji

Raghava Chakyar

Archana
Archana

Chakyar's daughter

Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy

Chakyar's wife

V K Sreeraman
V K Sreeraman

M Chandran Nair
M Chandran Nair

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    When his son fails to arrive home to attend his daughter's engagement ceremony, aging patriarch Raghava Chakyar waits daily for him at the bus stop. He soon comes to learn that his son, Raghu, was taken into police custody for political reasons and tries to get to the bottom of this.

  • Release Date

    1989-01-06

  • Average

    6.643

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    A father's love for his only son at the height of The Emergency...

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