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 | - | Rajiv Menon | |
Rekha | - | Annie (as Rekha) | |
Murali | - | Chandradas | |
Karamana Janardanan Nair | - | Pillai | |
Nedumudi Venu | - | Scriah | |
Kaviyoor Ponnamma | - | Chandradas' Mother | |
Sukumaran | - | Dr. Hameed | |
Jayabharati | - | Dr. Zeenat | |
K.P.A.C. Lalitha | - | Mariyamma | |
Sukumari | - | Maggie | |
M.S. Thrippunithara | - | Adv. Govindan | |
Kollam Thulasi | - | Advocate | |
Jagannathan | - | Sankaran Nair | |
Vineeth Kumar | - | Jose (as Master Vineeth Kumar) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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.
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