Vadakkunokkiyantram

Vadakkunokkiyantram
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Sreenivasan
Produced by	Toffy Kannara; T. C. Mony
Written by	Sreenivasan
Starring	Sreenivasan; Parvathy
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	N. Gopalakrishnan
Production; company	Kavyakala Film Unit
Distributed by	K.R.G. Enterprises
Release date	19 May 1989;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Vadakkunokkiyantram (transl. Compass) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film written and directed by Sreenivasan who also stars in the film along with Parvathy. The film is about the marital discord caused by a husband's othello syndrome. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Film. It was dubbed in Telugu as Sandeham and remade in Tamil as Dindigul Sarathy, in Kannada as Nanjangudu Nanjunda, and in Hindi as Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh.

Plot

Thalathil Dineshan (Sreenivasan) is managing a printing press. He is burdened with insecurities about his short physique and dark complexion. His life spirals out of control after his marriage to Shobha (Parvathy). His insecurities are heightened by the fact that his wife is exceptionally beautiful and is taller than him. Initially he is overprotective of his wife, which worsens his relationship with his brother Prakashan(Baiju). He feels challenged by the charm and wit of his brother, which eventually leads to the eruption of a feud in the family.

Dineshan gradually resorts to tactics which, he feels, will enable him to earn the respect and admiration of Shobha. He finds a new confidante in Thalakulam Sir (Innocent), who gives him immature advice to win the heart of his wife Shobha. He starts drinking, believing that it is a symbol of machismo. He memorizes jokes from a weekly magazine and monotonously delivers them to his wife, so as to appear witty. But all these attempts turn out to be pure antics and he makes a fool of himself.

Shobha, an archetypal wife, is very much devoted to her husband and cannot understand Dineshan's eccentric behavior. He gradually becomes paranoid and starts suspecting his wife. He threatens the brother (Lalu Alex) of Shobha's friend, whom he suspects of having an affair with her. Things spin out of his control when Shobha learns everything. He is even confined to a mental hospital following some incidents resulting from extreme paranoia.

After a brief treatment he appears to be a changed man. Dineshan wins his wife back from her parental home, assuring her of love and care. Now all seem to be fine with them, but again in the dead of the night when his wife is asleep he starts looking out suspiciously in his backyard for his wife's stalker.

Cast

Sreenivasan as Thalathil Dineshan
Parvathy Jayaram as Shobha
Innocent as Thalakulam Sir
K.P.A.C. Lalitha as Dineshan's Mother
Baiju as Prakashan, Dineshan's brother
Lalu Alex as Capt. S. Balan
C. I. Paul as Raghavan Nair, Shobha's father
Usha as Thankamani, Dineshan's sister
Bobby Kottarakkara as Sahadevan, worker at the press
Jagadish as Vinod Kumar Allappey
Nedumudi Venu as Doctor
Lizy as Sarala, Shobha's friend
Sankaradi as Thalathil Chanthu Nair, Dineshan's maternal uncle
Mamukkoya as Photographer
Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Policeman
Sukumari as Shobha's Mother

Reception

The film was a critical as well as commercial success at the box office.

Awards

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References

External links

Vadakkunokkiyantram on IMDb

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