Kaadu Pookkunna Neram (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, Kaadu Pookkunna Neram is a drama and crime film directed by Bijukumar Damodaran, running about 105 minutes. “When the Woods Bloom” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. A special battalion of police is deployed by the government to do away with Maoist menace (A banned Left organization) in a tribal village near forest. The police forcibly occupy a tribal primary school for their camp. One day, the police are on lookout for some people in the forest near the school at night. A policeman follows a person deep into the forest and nabs the person. The person arrested happens to be a woman. He tries to come out of the forest with the arrested person, but he loses his way in the wild. The woman knows the path to get out of the forest but she is not willing to show him the way. Thus, both the hunter and the hunted are stranded in the thick forest. Power, Crime, Man, Woman, the Hunter, the Hunted... all such equations change utterly and are no more what they used to be. The film has been very un-expected resemblance with Maoist hunt and killing happened last month in Kerala.

Who’s in it. Kaadu Pookkunna Neram stars Indrajith Sukumaran as Police Man, Rima Kallingal as Maoist, Prakash Bare as Sub Inspector and Indrans as School Master, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Kaadu Pookkunna Neram page.

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