Rajiv, a chronic bachelor and a business tycoon, decides to have a child. Annie, who has financial needs, agrees to help him and give birth to Rajiv's child through artificial insemination.
Acting
Mohanlal's hollow-eyed transformation from smug to shattered.
Writing
A.R. Rahman's debut score haunts every frame.
Direction
Sibi Malayil lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Sibi Malayil
Mohanlal
Rajiv Menon
Rekha
Annie
Murali
Chandradas
Nedumudi Venu
Scariah
Sukumaran
Dr. Hameed
Sukumari
Maggie
Karamana Janardanan Nair
Manager Pillai
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Chandradas's mother
Jayabharathi
Dr. Zeenath
KPAC Lalitha
Mariyamma
M S Thrippunithura
Adv. Govindan
Kollam Thulasi
Advocate
Vineeth Kumar
Jose
Bobby Kottarakkara
Office staff
Jaganathan
Shankaran Nair
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of Indian cinema's earliest mainstream explorations of surrogacy, predating global discourse by decades. Malayalam cinema wasn't afraid to go there.
A.R. Rahman's first film score. The man who would become India's greatest composer cut his teeth on this quietly devastating drama. You can hear him learning to break hearts.
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