Season (1989): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1989, Season is a drama and crime film directed by P Padmarajan, running about 112 minutes.

What it’s about. Season is a 1989 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed Padmarajan, starring Mohanlal and Gavin Packard in lead roles. The film, though a failure at the box office, stands apart because of Padmarajan's story-telling style, unconventional plot and characters, realistic portrayal of drug trade in Kovalam and flawless performance of Mohanlal and is considered now as a cult classic. The story is set in the beautiful locales of Kovalam beach in Kerala and Poojappura Central Prison, Trivandrum. In spite of the film's commercial failure at the time, Season is now considered to be amongst the best revenge thriller classics ever made in Malayalam and Mohanlal's performance in the movie stands apart because of his unconventional style of acting in such a complex plot. The film also showed how narration can be used as a strong tool in storytelling. Many feel that this movie was much ahead of time and if it would have released in late nineties, would have done good business.

Who’s in it. Season stars Mohanlal as Jeevan / Uncle, Gavin Packard as Fabien Ramirez, Ashokan as Porinchu and Maniyanpilla Raju as Kanthi, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, Season has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Sun Nxt and Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Season page.

If you liked it. Fans of Season tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.