Santhanagopalam


Santhanagopalam is a 1994 Malayalam film, starring Thilakan, Jagadheesh, Balachandra Menon, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in the lead roles. Thilakan won the 1994 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in Gamanam and this film.

Plot

Thilakan is a worker at a factory and his family consists of his wife, his dad and 4 children. Elder son is trying hard to establish himself in Kerala after having had strong will to stay in Kerala rather than going abroad. Second son is looking for a Government job. Balachandramenon finally starts a telephone booth and is inaugurated by Circle Inspector, knowing that Thilakan's family is getting a huge amount, tries to interfere with a fraud story. With the papers being arranged for insurance claim, Thilakan surprisingly returns home alive after being in an Ayurvedic Heritage home under treatment nursing his injuries of accident. His return, however does not please his sons, Jagadeesh in special, who by then had laid some business plans eyeing at his father's insurance money. They force Thilakan to stay home enclosed in a room without roaming outside so as to claim the insurance amount. Thilakan's return is witnessed by his neighbor who believes that it is his ghost and he turns psychiotc. Thilakan, unable to bear the humiliation of being locked up in the house and seeing that his sons care money more than him, finally decides to leave home one night. He is accompanied by Kaviyoor Ponnamma who asks him whether he is leaving her alone behind. The climax scene shows Thilakan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma accompanied by Krishnan Kutty Nair also and the 3 travelling away from their children to lead a new life.

Cast

The film features songs composed by Johnson and written by V. Madhusoodanan Nair. The song Pradosha Kumkumam is composed in raga Mohanam.
No.Song TitleSinger
1"Pradosha Kumkumam"K. J. Yesudas
2"Thaaram Thookum"P. Jayachandran, Sujatha Mohan, Chorus
3"Thinkal Thudukkumbozhente Mukham"K. J. Yesudas