Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1990
Vidhyarambham
Buy Vidhyarambham now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Vidhyarambham' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Jayaraj and produced by G. P. Vijayakumar. The film stars Sreenivasan, Gouthami, Nedumudi Venu, KPAC Lalitha and Murali in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Bombay Ravi.
Plot
Madhavan Ezhuthachan (Nedumudi Venu) is painstakingly exerting like fury to open a school in his native as the children need not walk miles to an afar school. There are several interesting characters in the village. Koppath Bharghavan Nambiar (Sankaradi), a patriotic freedom fighter; Natarajan (Jagadish), a horse-cart driver; R. K. Nedungadi (Alummoodan), President of a Hindu Temple; Govindan Nair (Paravoor Bharathan), a running postman; Venkitesan (Mamukkoya), Ezhuthachan's loyal servant and K. K. Jacob, an aimless hunter. Ezhuthachan lives with (KPAC Lalitha) and Bhanumathi (Gouthami). He has a son, Prabhakaran (Murali) who lives distant from the family. After a long haul, Ezhuthachan's school gets the official permission for operation. He and his allies cleanse and renovate the building which was already built for the purpose but attended by Madhavi's (Philomina) tired buffalos. To celebrate the good news, Ezhuthachan and his allies host a small party within themselves. Amidst the jollity, Ezhuthachan dies from a stroke. Following his death, his son files for partition at the court thereby halting the school's operation. At that juncture, P. K. Sudhakaran (Sreenivasan) arrives at the village only to know that the school has halted its operation. He becomes desperate as he had spent a fair sum of money for the teacher's post. He does several things to regain his post or money and becomes the nidus for the story's progression. He gets angry when Prabhakaran assaults him.
Cast
*Sreenivasan as P. K. Sudhakaran
*Nedumudi Venu as Madhavan Ezhuthachan
*Gouthami as Bhanumathi (daughter of Madhavan's colleague)
*KPAC Lalitha as wife of Madhavan's colleague
*Murali as Prabhakaran (Madhavan's son)
*Sankaradi as Koppath Bhargavan Nambiar
*Jagadish as Natarajan
*Mamukkoya as Venkiteshan
*Maniyanpilla Raju as Advocate
*Prathapachandran as Advocate
*Alummoodan as R. K. Nedungadi
*Bobby Kottarakkara as Raghavan
*Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Kumaran Vaidyar
*Paravoor Bharathan as Govindan Nair
*Philomina as Madhavi
*K. K. Jacob
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Bombay Ravi and the lyrics were written by Kaithapram. The songs were released by Tharangini Records.
References
Buy Vidhyarambham now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1990