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Godfather
Box Office
Hit · 38.9x
Budget$18K
Worldwide Gross$700K
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Godfather

Godfather

movie·U·Sep 15, 1991·
Box OfficeHit · 38.9x
$18K
Budget
$700K
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Godfather

movie
U
September 15, 1991
Wokeometer Rating
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0/10
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TL;DR Verdict

Godfather earns a 0/10 woke score by delivering a classic family-rivalry romance rooted in Shakespearean tropes, with no activist messaging, identity politics, or modern social agendas.

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Detailed Analysis

Godfather (1991) is a traditional Malayalam comedy-drama that loosely adapts Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet through the rivalry between the Anjooran and Anappara families, centering on forbidden romance, past feuds involving abduction and revenge, and humorous family dynamics.

The story resolves with reconciliation and the re-entry of women into a previously restricted household, following classic narrative tropes of generational conflict and love overcoming enmity rather than any modern ideological framing. This Shakespearean family-rivalry romance plot carries no activist overlay whatsoever, keeping the emphasis on timeless themes of feuds and reconciliation without injecting contemporary social messaging. The film features a traditional 1991 Malayalam ensemble cast and production without diversity mandates or swaps, drawing entirely on established local actors such as N.N.

Pillai, Mukesh, Thilakan, Innocent, and Kanaka in roles aligned with the Kerala setting and source material. There are no alterations to pre-existing characters or insertion of contemporary identity politics. The complete absence of any creator statements, dialogue, or subplots addressing systemic issues, gender ideology, or social justice themes allows the story to deliver straightforward entertainment rooted in classic narrative conventions.

Key Factors

  • Classic Shakespearean family-rivalry romance plot with no activist overlay
  • Traditional 1991 Malayalam ensemble cast and production without diversity mandates or swaps
  • Absence of any creator statements, dialogue, or subplots addressing systemic issues, gender ideology, or social justice themes

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Directed by

  • Lal
  • Siddique

Is Godfather Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Godfather and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Godfather?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Godfather's overall score.

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Top Cast

N.N. Pillai
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N.N. Pillai

Anjooran

Mukesh
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Mukesh

Ramabhadran

Thilakan
0Based

Thilakan

Balaraman

Innocent
0Based

Innocent

Swaminathan

Bheeman Raghu
0Based

Bheeman Raghu

Premachandran

Jagadish
0.5Based

Jagadish

Mayin Kutty

Siddique
0.5Based

Siddique

Veerabhadran

Philomina
0Based

Philomina

Aanappara Achamma

Kanaka
0Based

Kanaka

Malu

Paravoor Bharathan
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Paravoor Bharathan

Parashuraman

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