Directed by T V Chandran. With Mammootty, Naseeruddin Shah, Laboni Sarkar, V.k Sriraman. Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army.Directed by T V Chandran. With Mammootty, Naseeruddin Shah, Laboni Sarkar, V.k Sriraman. Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army.