Nadodikkattu
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| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Written by | Sreenivasan |
| Starring | Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Shobana |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 158 min. |
| Language | Malayalam |
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Nadodikattu (translation: Country Winds) is a 1987 Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal, Sreenivasan and Shobhana. Scripted by Sreenivasan and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, it represents popular Malayalam cinema at its best and established the Mohanlal-Sreenivasan combination as one of its most memorable and bankable cinematic pairs.
Nadodikattu drew upon relevant social factors affecting Kerala such as poverty and unemployment, which, along with excellent scripting and comic performances, contributed to its runaway success. It gave way to two sequels, Pattana Pravesham and Akkarey Akkarey Akkarey.
[edit] Characters
Ramadas(Dasan) Mohanlal
Vijayan Sreenivasan
Nambiar Thilakan
Radhika Sobhana
Balagopalan Innocent
Pavanayi Captain Raju
Gafoorkka Mammukoya
M.G. Soman M.G. Soman
[edit] The Film
Nadodikattu opens by introducing the two lead protagonists, Dasan and Vijayan, who are employed as ill-paid peons. A commerce graduate, and proud of that fact, Dasan frequently vents his frustration in having to serve lesser qualified superiors and having to settle with lesser than what he feels he deserves in life. Vijayan, his poorly-educated, comic sidekick, is also his roommate and sole friend. Their relationship is one full of tension, with Dasan taking adopting a superior stance on the account of his education and good looks, which fiercely rattles Vijayan. Several comic situations later in the film borrows from this aspect of their characters.
Misfortunes follow them one after other, as they lose their jobs and then fails in a business venture, when it becomes inevitable that they must escape to Dubai, which is often the favoured haven of Kerala's unemployed youth . They seek the services of a shady boatman, Gafoorkka, who promises to take them to Dubai. His boat, he claims, goes to California, which he is willing to divert through Dubai - for a decent sum of money. Dasan and Vijan finds themselves helpless once again, as they are offloaded, not in the Dubai, but in the eastern side of the Indian Coast - in the city of Chennai. What follows is the humorous and touching tale of how they struggle to earn a living, while battling off their ever present misfortunes.
