
Ustaad
1999-06-22 · 165 min · ★ 6.7
Parmeshwaran aka Ustaad leaves behind a life of crime and goes to his hometown with his sister Padmaja. But the demons of his past life come back to haunt him after Padmaja falls in love with a boy.
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- Directors
- Sibi Malayil
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- Countries
- India
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- Released
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MohanlalParameswaran (Ustaad)
RajeevYousuf Shah
Divyaa UnniPadmaja
IndrajaKshama Menon
Vineeth RadhakrishnanKoliyodan Nandan
Narendra PrasadKoliyodan Shekharan
JanardhananSwamy
SaikumarKoliyodan Giri
N F VargheseMohan Thampy
ChithraAmbika
InnocentKunji Palu
SrividyaDr. Malathi Menon
Vani ViswanathCommissioner Varsha Varma
AugustineAali Abu
KunchanAppootty
Maniyanpilla RajuAdv. Abraham
K. B. Ganesh KumarSethu
SiddiqueIrani
Cochin HaneefaUnion Minister Shivaji Rao
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