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Dasharatham (1989) Online
Original Title :
Dasharatham
Genre :
Movie / Comedy / Drama
Year :
1989
Directror :
Sibi Malayil
Cast :
Mohanlal,Rekha,Murali
Writer :
Ambazhathil Karunakaran Lohithadas
Type :
Movie
Time :
2h 34min
Rating :
8.3/10
Dasharatham (1989) Online

Rajeev Menon (Mohanlal) is a wealthy orphan, a spoilt rich brat who grew up to be an eccentric millionaire. While his trusty manager (Karamana Janardhanan Nair)takes care of his vast estates, Rajeev drowns his days in alcohol. His lack of values stems from bitter childhood memories of his mother deserting his father. His eccentricities vary from picking up drunken brawls with strangers to wanting to experience 'interesting' things in life like being handcuffed by the police. Winds of change gush into his lonely life when he agrees to play host to his friend Scaria's (Nedumudi Venu) family for the vacation. Scaria's brood of mischievous kids take a liking to Rajeev. As they tear his palatial house down, they also make him realize what he's been missing in life. Once they leave, he feels a void in his existence which he intends to fill by adopting a child. When he is denied adoption due to his wayward ways, his friend Dr. Hameed (Sukumaran) suggests artificial insemination as a way of ...
Credited cast:
Mohanlal Mohanlal - Rajiv Menon
Rekha Rekha - Annie (as Rekha)
Murali Murali - Chandradas
Karamana Janardanan Nair Karamana Janardanan Nair - Pillai
Nedumudi Venu Nedumudi Venu - Scriah
Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma - Chandradas' Mother
Sukumaran Sukumaran - Dr. Hameed
Jayabharati Jayabharati - Dr. Zeenat
K.P.A.C. Lalitha K.P.A.C. Lalitha - Mariyamma
Sukumari Sukumari - Maggie
M.S. Thrippunithara M.S. Thrippunithara - Adv. Govindan
Kollam Thulasi Kollam Thulasi - Advocate
Jagannathan Jagannathan - Sankaran Nair
Vineeth Kumar Vineeth Kumar - Jose (as Master Vineeth Kumar)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ajay Mathias Ajay Mathias - Baby

The film was released on 19 October 1989 and has a running time of 154 minutes.

Dasharatham was dubbed in Marathi language as "Maaza Mulaga".

Mohanlal's performance as Rajiv Menon is considered as one of his career-best performance ever and his character will ever be remembered in Malayalam cinema.

A. K. Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Scriptwriter for the film.

The climax scene where Mohanlal asks Sukumari, "Will you be my mother?" and silently cries and walks away, is considered to be one of the most heart-wrenching,unforgettable climaxes in Malayalam Cinema. Later on Sukumari stated in an interview that, the climax was shot in real emotion and both Mohanlal and Sukumari cried.


User reviews

Whiteseeker

Whiteseeker

Dasharatham is a movie that was made far ahead of its time but was still appreciated well. Made in 1989, when the protagonist wants to have a child, he goes in for artificial insemination. In most movies in other Indian languages, some even as recent as 2002(Chori chori chupke chupke), whenever the heroine was not able to bear a child, the hero would have to sleep with another woman or something like that. This one is sans any melodrama and the climax too has been dealt with in a professional and believable manner. Its admirable that the director had the guts to make the movie at that time when this technology was not even that popular. Kudoos to him for presenting it in an excellent manner.
Mr_KiLLaURa

Mr_KiLLaURa

Dasaratham is one of my favorite all time movies. Great script , Great acting and Great direction . All three come together in this drama.

The highlight for me in the film is Lal as Rajeev Menon . The transition from a rich playboy to a mature father is very well portrayed by Lal.This must be Lalettan's finest performance as he combines comedy and emotions in this role wonderfully.He deserved a national award for this movie but then maybe the movie was ahead of its time.You truly feel the emotions through his acting in this movie. The rest of the cast like Murali , Rekha etc have also done a wonderful job. The climax scenes and emotional scenes can move anyone to tears.Special mention should also be give Lohithadas script . What a script, such touching dialogues and director Sibi Malayil also proves why he is considered the best in drama and emotions.

A must watch.
Kanek

Kanek

We all know how talented Mohanlal is. This movie is just another example. But here the focus point is not Mahanlal, not Murali, not any of the stars. Its simply the story. I can never imagine a Malayalam movie with a concept of artificial insemination in late eighties. The boldness of the concept together with the excellent narration gives the movie gives the viewer the ultimate experience. The climax is the best of all scenes in the movie. I always broke into tears when I watch this scene, its such a touching scene where our maestro tells viewers, there is relationship with hearts between people which stands taller than relationship with blood. Hats off to Sibi Malayil. You are the best! Dany
Globus

Globus

Sibi Malayil's direction plus the awesome on screen presence of the gifted actor Mohanlal pulls off one of the well sorted out movies ever made in malayalam history. The unusual story line of a wealthy guy who doesn't know what he wants is articulately played by Mohanlal.Murali delivers an appreciable performance along with Rekha who plays his wife.Karamana Janardhanan Nair and Sukumaran also deserve praise. The story starts off showing the carelessness of Mahanlal as we get the spoiled rich brat feeling. Then he feels that he needs some responsibility in life and what does he do ? decides to adopt a baby.That too from his own blood .The thing is that he doesn't want to marry.Then Rekha who needs some money comes into the picture and the doctor played by Sukumaran arranges a meeting.Rekha need the money to treat Murali and she agrees to bear Mohanlal's child. The ending has a special thing about it and the charisma of Sibi Malayil is shown off conclusively. Great film to watch and a collectors item for sure.
MisTereO

MisTereO

I just happened to watch this movie.

Loved the storyline, the direction and every character.

The songs are brilliant too. It is so heart touching and beautifully portrayed.

An underrated movie, this truly deserves a 10.

The storyline and Mohanlal's character feels so real.

A must watch Malayalam movie and my all time favorite actor is at his best.

Most actors in the movie have showed a brilliant performance.

The direction is amazing and the song is extremely beautiful.

Watch it if you haven't already!
Kahavor

Kahavor

The climax of Darrahat, if Mohanlal broke down on Sukumari's shoulder and said, "Anne Monne Snakeman is a Maggie in Snehamoho," you will see his fingers, and understand what they are. Mohanlal's dance performance is in favor of Sukumari.

Dasaratham is a movie written by Sibi Malayil by Lohithadas. The film, released in 1989, tells the story of a pregnancy hired work. The character presenter Mohanlal is renting a woman's uterus to give birth to her baby. The woman is not ready to give up the child at last. Mohanlal is ready to give the kid his daughter. Mohanlal asks the nurse Sukumari to give up the baby and Anini loves the magic as he loves her son. The story of Mohanlal is a classic example of the climax scenes in the Dasrath.
Wizer

Wizer

I'm writing this review just for the sake of contributing another 10 star rating for this movie. If that can make a slight difference, then I would be as satisfied as I was, after watching this movie. First things first, Mohanlal deserved a national award for this. If this can't get you one, then I suppose the jury made a huge mistake that year. He just lived it and it would be undermining if I said that even his fingers acted with emotions at times. It brought tears to my eyes and, trust me, I don't usually cry that often watching movies Coming to the story and direction, this movie was far ahead of it's time. I really did a background research to know if any movie was made on the same plot anywhere else and failed to find one, which proves it. Every actors did justice to their respective roles, especially Nedumudi Venu and Karamana. Songs were timed perfectly and didn't really spoil the feel. If you haven't watched the movie, please do right now and come back to give a 10 star rating. C'mon we should make our opinions hear loud or else these movies won't get the appreciation they deserve.
skyjettttt

skyjettttt

Dasaratham is one of the best and great movie in indian film history , and Mohanlal he is the one and only challenged Actor in India , No.1 Actor , this movie is a great full for mollywood industry , Dasaratham is Dir.Sibi Malayil Epic Movie
HeonIc

HeonIc

I thought Dasharatham was one of those movies where despite all the hype, the movie is not good. Even the first 30 mins or so will make you think that this wont be a good movie. BUT THE MOVIE IS MARVELOUS. The last 45 mins of the movie is so special. The performances of Murali and Mohanlal are exceptional. And Sibi Malayil proves that he is one of the best directors of malayalam cinema. One of the things I didn't find satisfactory was that of Rekha's performance. But even so it's definitely worth a watch.
Buzalas

Buzalas

I watched this movie when couple of my friends suggested me to watch it for the story and performance of each casts. Movie was very good. Very good storyline with flawless script. However, Mohanlal was highly disappointing. His eyes were not stable and he was completely out of idea how to carry on with the role. He was only trying to act like a rich, modern, careless man turning to be a responsible father. However, he was not successful. He also seemed to be very artificial and conscious in majority of the scenes. Adding to his performance, I am not sure why the director chose Rekha. Not in a single scene she portrayed her role well. Others' performance were good. If you look at the story perspective, I would give 10/10.