7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Vandanam (1989)
Vandanam (1989)
Overview
Professor Kurian Fernandez escapes from jail with his cellmate Raghu. Inspectors, Unnikrishnan and K.Purushothaman Nair are sent to track him down. They follow Kurian Fernadez's daughter to track him.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
7.5
Overview
Professor Kurian Fernandez escapes from jail with his cellmate Raghu. Inspectors, Unnikrishnan and K.Purushothaman Nair are sent to track him down. They follow Kurian Fernadez's daughter to track him.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central subject matter, a romantic comedy intertwined with a police investigation, lacks inherent political valence. Its narrative focuses on personal relationships and a standard legal resolution, neither promoting nor critiquing specific political ideologies.
The film features a cast that aligns with its Indian origin and US setting, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on romantic comedy elements and does not critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film "Vandanam" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a heterosexual romance and a police investigation, with no elements suggesting queer identity or experiences.
The film 'Vandanam' (1989) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative or cast. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in an N/A determination for its impact on transsexual representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Vandanam is an original film from 1989, not an adaptation of existing source material or a reboot with legacy characters. All characters were created new for this production, thus precluding any gender swaps from prior established versions.
Vandanam (1989) is an original Malayalam-language film, not an adaptation, biopic, or reboot of pre-existing characters. Therefore, no characters had a prior established race that could be subject to a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
7.2
Critic Ratings
N/A
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