Vidheyan

Vidheyan (English: The Servile) is a 1994 Indian Malayalam language Drama film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is a cinematic adaptation of the novella Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Malayalam writer Zacharia. The film explores the master-slave relationship in a South Karnataka setting. Mammootty and M. R. Gopakumar plays the lead roles.

Vidheyan
Directed byAdoor Gopalakrishnan
Produced byK. Ravindran Nair
Screenplay byAdoor Gopalakrishnan
Based onBhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Zacharia
StarringMammootty
M. R. Gopakumar
Tanvi Azmi
Sabitha Anand
Aliyar
Azeez
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
CinematographyMankada Ravi Varma
Edited byM. Mani
Release date
1994
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Thommy, a Christian migrant labourer from Kerala is an obedient slave of his aggressive, tyrannical landlord Bhaskara Pattelar. Thommy obeys all the orders of his master, whether it is to make his own wife sexually available to his master or in killing Pattelar's kindly wife, Saroja. When Pattelar escapes to a jungle, due to his own deeds, Thommy escorts him like a pet. But when Pattelar is killed Thommy exults in freedom. Mammootty received the National Award for Best Actor for his performance in this movie and one other movie.

Cast

Production

The film is a cinematic adaptation of the novel Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia. Zacharia's novella was inspired by a real-life character named Patela Shekhara Gowda alias Shiradi Shekhara. Zacharia happened to hear the stories of Patelar when he was residing near Shiradi village Mangalore in Karnataka.[1] After the release of the film, Adoor had a tiff with Zacharia over the film. Zachariah said Adoor tainted his story with Hindutva.[2]

Awards
1993 National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards [3]
Other awards

References
  1. "പട്ടേലർ എന്നൊരു സത്യം". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 27 March 2011.
  2. Gowri Ramnarayan (24 September – 7 October 2005). "A constant process of discovery". Frontline. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  3. "Kerala State Film Awards: 1993". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/Must-Watch-International-Award-Winning-Malayalam-Films/Must-Watch-International-Award-Winning-Malayalam-Films/photostory/52255804.cms
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