One-Line Review: Basheerinte Premalekhanam (3 Stars)

More than a love story, Aneesh Anwar's Basheerinte Premalekhanam (Basheer's Love Letter) is a period comic take on a small village in Kerala and its naive inhabitants who get obsessed over a television set, and end up doing idiotic things in the name of providing entertainment. TN.

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The story evolves around Basheer and Suhra's love and it's influence over the whole Chakkarakadav village.

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