Nadodikkattu
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| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Written by | Sreenivasan |
| Starring | Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Shobana |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 158 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Followed by | Pattanapravesham |
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Nadodikattu (Malayalam: നാേടാടിക്കാററ്; Translation: Wandering Wind) 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.
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[edit] Plot
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 fail 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 there. 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 Dubai, but on 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 their ever-present misfortunes.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Mohanlal | Ramdas (aka Dasan) |
| Srinivasan | Vijayan |
| Shobana | Radhika |
| Thilakan | Ananthan Nambiar |
| Innocent | Driver Balagopalan |
| Janardhanan | Kovai Venkatesan |
| Captain Raju | Pavanayi |
| Mamukkoya | Gafoor |
| Meena | Radhika's Mother |
| Sankaradi | Cow seller |
| Johny | Nambiar's goonda |
| Bobby Kottarakkara | broker in Madras |
| Seema | Guest role as herself |
| I.V. Sasi | Guest role as himself |
| M.G. Soman | Guest role as himself |
[edit] Boz Office
The film was a huge box office grosser doing well not only in Kerala but other neighbouring states and the middle east as well. The film generated a total of Rs. 5.8 crores in the fisrt week and went on to make about 45 crores worlwdide.
