Dasharatham
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| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Produced by | Saga Films |
| Written by | A. K. Lohithadas |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Rekha |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
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Saga Films
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| Distributed by | Saga Films |
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Running time
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154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Dasharatham (Malayalam:ദശരഥം) is a 1989 Malayalam drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Rekha, Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumaran, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Jayabharathi. The music was composed by Johnson. The film deals with the subject of artificial insemination.
A. K. Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Scriptwriter. This is widely regarded as one of the best films from the writer-director duo Lohithadas-Sibi Malayil.
Dasharatham was the first Malayalam movie officially dubbed and released in Marathi. It released in Marathi as Mazaa Mulga (Meaning: My son).
Rajiv Menon (Mohanlal) is born into riches and is an alcoholic with absolutely no aim in life. With no parents to guide him and with the family business being run by a trusted manager Pillai (Karamana Janardanan Nair), Rajiv is free to waste his life and money on drinks and debauchery. A close friend Scariah (Nedumudi Venu) with his wife and children come over to stay at Rajiv’s palatial house for a week. Soon Rajiv gets attached to one of Scariah's children and decides that he wants to have a child of his own, but neither does he want to get married nor does he want to adopt a baby. One of his good friends, guide and philosopher Dr. Hameed (Sukumaran), advises Rajiv to find a surrogate for artificial insemination. They come across a former football player Chandradas (Murali) who is in dire need of money for an operation, his wife Annie (Rekha) agrees to give birth to Rajiv’s child through artificial insemination. Both Chandradas and Annie aren’t happy about the decision – it’s clearly a desperate solution to their financial needs.
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