Sandhesam

Sandhesam English The Message is a 1991 Malayalam black comedypolitical satire film written by Sreenivasan and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, starring Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Thilakan, Siddique, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and Maathu in pivotal roles. The film deals with unreal political activism existing in Kerala and takes major digs on the political parties in Kerala. A massive commercial success upon release, Sandesham is regarded as a classic in Malayalam cinema history. The film was included in IBN Lives list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.

After his retirement from Indian Railways, as station master, Raghavan Nair Thilakan is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family consisting of wife Kaviyoor Ponnamma, three sons and two daughters gets a blow after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences. Prabhakaran Sreenivasan, the elder one is a staunch leftist, and an active worker of the Revolutionary Democratic Party RDP which has just lost the Kerala state Assembly elections and relinquished office. Prakashan Jayaram, popularly known as KRP, his younger brother is involved with the Indian National Secular Party INSP which has now come to power. Though they are both educated, neither has any plans to earn a living on their own and are fully immersed in petty politics, sponging off their parents for their needs. Raghavan Nair becomes deeply worried about their future, and tries to advise his sons, but of his admonitions fall on deaf ears. Anandan Mala Aravindan, his soninlaw is a police subinspector but is now on suspension. When the RDP was in power, he arrested and beat up several of the opposition party workers on instruction from the ruling party officials. Now that the previous opposition is in power, they exact their revenge, first by transferring him repeatedly to stations as far away from civilisation as is possible, and then by suspending him. As part of his retired life, Raghavan Nair decides to focus his attention on his agricultural activities and meets the new young agricultural officer Siddique and, with his wifes approval, wants their younger daughter to get married to him, but his elder sons oppose it on flimsy and petty reasons. Prakashan, whose party is in power, pulls strings and get him transferred immediately to a remote location in order to prevent the marriage but Nair gets them married at the registrars office. In the meantime, Anandan and his wife, Raghavan Nairs eldest daughter, demand partition of the p

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