''Patham Nilayile Theevandi'' (English: ''Train in the Tenth Floor'') is a 2009

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directed by

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. It stars

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and

Meera Nandan Meera Nandan is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films. She also appeared in a few Tamil and Telugu films. Early life Meera Nandan was born as Meera Nandakumar on 26 November 1990 as the daughter of Nandakumar and Maya at ...

in pivotal roles.

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artist Mattannoor Sankarankutty composed music for the film. The film was a box office failure.

Plot

The film tells the story of Sankara Narayanan, a 55-year-old gangman from the

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. From his teenage days onward he was afraid of the strange voices that talked to him incessantly. To escape the fear, he seeks refuge in alcohol, alienating himself from his family and ending up in an asylum. His son Ramu could never sympathise with a father who had shirked his responsibility as a husband and a father. But Narayanan starts writing letters from the asylum, to which Ramu doesn't even bother to reply. A young doctor tries to help Sankara Narayanan, for he knows that he can be cured. The doctor not only intends to reunite Narayanan with his family but also has something very important to reveal to Ramu.

Cast

as Sankara Narayanan *

as S.Ramanadhan (Ramu) *

Anoop Menon Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films. Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting A ...

as Dr. John Mathai *

as Indu * Vijayaraghavan as Ayyappan * Sreekala as Sarojini * Jagannathan as Sankaran's uncle * Balachandran Chullikkad as Board member

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