Thuramukham

Thuramukham

The story is set in the backdrop of workers' struggles and protests against the infamous 'Chappa' system of casual labour allocation and the primitive "work guarantee" scheme that was practiced at the Mattancherry harbor in Kochi during the 1940s and 50s. During pre-dawn hours, crowds of labourers would gather around the house of the employer who would throw metal tokens called chappa into the waiting labourers who would fight over them. Whoever managed to get one a token would be given work for the day at the wharves or godowns. Protests against this system had resulted in the police shooting and the killing of three labourers. The story further revolves around two brothers on opposing sides on the day of labourers' epic struggle against dock bosses.

Director

Rajeev Ravi

Release

10 Mar 2023

Language

Malayalam