7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Vandanam (1989)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
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
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
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 movie features an Indian main cast, providing visible diversity without explicit DEI-driven casting choices or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities and does not incorporate explicit DEI critiques as central themes.
Secondary
The film features a prominent Christian priest character who is consistently portrayed as a compassionate, wise, and helpful figure. His religious identity is integral to his benevolent actions and is presented without critique or negative stereotypes, aligning the narrative with a respectful depiction of the faith.
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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