Vachanam
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Vachanam is a 1989
1989 in film
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 Malayalam film directed by Lenin Rajendran
Lenin Rajendran
Lenin Rajendran is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked in Malayalam cinema.- Career :Beginning his film-making career as an assistant to director P. A. Backer, Rajendran made his directorial debut with Venal...

. Lead roles were played by Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopinathan Nair , often credited as Suresh Gopi , is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles...

, Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...

 and Sithara
Sithara (actress)
Sithara is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam language films and television serials.-Filmography:-External links:...

.

Plot

The film starts with Ravi (Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopinathan Nair , often credited as Suresh Gopi , is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles...

) is attacked by a group of people in a rainy night. His friend Gopan (Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...

) finds Ravi unconscious in the road and seeks help from the Police. By the time Gopan arrives with Police, Ravi is missing.

The story then flashes back to a few months back when Ravi followed by Gopan arrives at Shanthigiri monastery for research. Vishnuji, the spiritual head of the monastery is running the monastery with the help of aid from foreigners. While Ravi idiolizes Vishnuji, Gopan sees a fraudster in his eyes.

Both the youngsters aquantains Vishnuji's private secretary, Maya (Sithara
Sithara (actress)
Sithara is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam language films and television serials.-Filmography:-External links:...

). Very soon, Ravi and Maya finds themselves attracted to each other, while Gopan helps them reveal their love each other.

Aryadevi (Sreevidya), another spiritual leader visits Shanthigiri and it is revealed that she is surrogate mother to Ravi. Also it is revealed that Arya Devi was in a relation with Vishnuji and she accuses Vishnuji of pimping her to foreigners to collect money to start Shanthigiri monastery. Arya Devi requests Ravi to come back to their monastery, but Ravi rejects the idea.

Back to present, a shrewd Police Officer(Thilakan
Thilakan
Surendranatha Thilakan , known mononymously as Thilakan, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema and theatre. He was awarded Padma Shri on 25 January 2009.- Theatre:...

) is assigned to investigate the missing of Ravi. After lot of revelations from many characters, he finds that Ravi had come to know about malpractices going on in the monastery including prostitution and had threatened Vishnuji to bring him down. Also Maya confesses she overheard Vishnuji's conversation with her father about the murder of Ravi. Vishnuji gets arrested, but his lawyer(Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...

) establishes in the court that Ravi is alive and is in hiding and Gopan is a mental patient and can't be trusted. Court acquits Vishnuji of all charges and he goes out to roaring welcome from his supporters.

Disgusted with the judicial system Gopan plans and murders Vishnuji, but creates evidences that Ravi murdered Vishnuji. Court let Gopan free in absence of evidences and because of his proven mental illness and orders Police to find Ravi.

External links

  • Vachanam at the Internet Movie Database
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