Synopsis
പഞ്ചാബി ഹൗസ്
Unni (Dileep) has many debts and no way to repay them. He decides to commit suicide so that his parents can use the insurance money to repay the debts, but he is saved by a fisherman named Gangadharan (Cochin Haneefa) and his employee Ramanan (Harisree Ashokan). When they notice Unni drowning, Unni pretends to be deaf and mute so that he can fake his death and the insurance money reaches his family. Gangadharan however has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of money lenders who have settled in Kerala. He is forced to make Unni and Ramanan to work at their home until he can repay it. A series of interesting events follow after Unni meets Pooja (Mohini) at the house, who is deaf and mute.
The 1997–1999 Other Asia Window
22 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Punjabi House sits at position #8.
The 1990s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Punjabi House premiered. 53 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #115 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Comedy productions specifically: #29 of 183 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Spoken Languages | Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi |
| Runtime | 2h 26m |
| Release Date | September 4, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0274012 |