Thalayanamanthram

Thalayanamanthram is a Malayalam English Pillow talk film, directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan. The film was released in 1990.

Thalayanamanthram is one among the many beautiful films for which Sreenivasan penned. The film was a critical and commercial success and it is noted as some of the best works by Sreenivasan and Sathyan Anthikkad. Sreenivasan has come up with other family stories which have their own relevance at their time and still. Though in Thalayanamanthram, if it is a wifes ill advises that causes problems in the family in another movie named Mithunam for which also Sreenivasan penned, it is a wifes romantic ideals and possessiveness toward her husband that cause problems in the family. A thing which the movie did not overtly tell but echoed is regarding the educational standards of the women in the families. Sukumarans character who had opportunities for a better alliance chose to marry a woman like Kanchana who had not at least passed the secondary education. However, contrary to this Mohanan who did not have a white collar job like his wife Shylaja, managed to live happily without problems. Their mother played by KPAC Lalitha who probably had not much education as even Kanchana had, also is not responsible for any problems in the family. Hence the finger of message is not pointed toward the educational standards of women or on any particular gender but on the level of understanding and cooperation among family members which are necessary for a peaceful and prosperous family life.

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