Akkare

Akkare is a 1984 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by KN Sasidharan. The film stars Nedumudi Venu, Bharath Gopi, Madhavi and Mohanlal in lead roles.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Thahasildar Gopi is living a moderate life. He is a well-respected person of the place and has no great difficulty in caring his wife and children. One day a person from Gulf named Johny arrives the place. His ways of making a living in the Gulf is not dealt in detail. But it is assumed that he is not enjoying a very good life there. Because of his wife’s compulsion Thahasildar Gopi decides to meet him with a plan to board for Gulf. There with Johny’s counsel he starts learning typewriting. Later another person named Ismail also arrives from Gulf. From Ismail Gopi understands that people who learned typewriting do not have good job opportunities there because of many reasons including companies started recruiting Arabs as employers instead of foreigners. He in turn suggests Gopi to learn sewing which he thinks will fetch job for the Thahasildar. The Thahasildar arranges some sacks of cements for Isamail in between as a token of thanks. Thahasildar’s wife Padmavathi meanwhile compel him to procure a visa for him from people like Johny and Ismail. While learning sewing at a man’s house he is happened to fall into an illicit relationship with the daughter of the man who teaches him sewing. One night when the father is not at home Gopi happens to come to the house and sways for the sexual advances of the daughter. That night he is caught by the local people mistaking him as a thief while he is running from the house to catch a thief whom he sees just passes by. In the police station he is identified as the Thahasildar and the police sets him free after taking him to the hospital. Now Thahasildar has lost his prestige and good name in the society. Later or on the next day his wife’s brother Sudhan who also arrives from the Gulf tells him the real condition abroad. In his understanding a person who is willing to do almost all kinds of jobs like that of a head load worker's can dream of getting a job in the Gulf. Thahasildar is disappointed to hear this news. Next day he gets a letter telling he is suspended from his job because of a prima facie case against him. As he lost his job now he is forced to become a head load worker to help him and his family just as Sudhan said. In the end Gopi who is now a head load worker accidentally happens to work for Johny who, this time is returning from the Gulf. In this climax scene Gopi is portrayed as a toy which Sudhan gifted to his niece.

Cast

• Nedumudi Venu as Johnny
• Bharath Gopi as Gopi
• Madhavi as Padmavathi
• Mohanlal as Sudhan
• Mammootty as Ismail
• Sreenivasan
• Master Prasad Babu as Gopi's Son
• Baby Vandana as Gopi's Daughter
• Ranipadmini as Valsala
• VK Sreeraman

References

External links

• Akkare at the Internet Movie Database