In the opening shot of Kireedam (1989), we see a lush, rain-soaked compound in a central Kerala town. A mother is plucking tulsi leaves for the evening nilavilakku (traditional lamp), while her son, a promising youth named Sethumadhavan, dreams of becoming a police officer. Within two hours, that same compound becomes a battleground—not of gangsters, but of shattered middle-class aspirations.
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