Sadayam
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| Malayalam | സദയം |
| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Produced by | G. P. Vijayakumar (executive producer) |
| Written by | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
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Mohanlal Thilakan Maathu Sreenivasan Nedumudi Venu |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
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Production
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Seven Arts Films
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| Distributed by | Seven Arts Release |
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Running time
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130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Sadayam (English: With Compassion) is a 1992 Indian Malayalam drama thriller film written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Murali, Sreenivasan, Maathu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, and T. G. Ravi. The film was produced and distributed by G. P. Vijayakumar of Seven Arts Films. The film score was composed by Johnson.
The story follows convict Sathyanathan (Mohanlal) who is awaiting capital punishment for the murder of two young girls and two men. Mohanlal's performance in the film is regarded as one of the finest in his career. M. T. Vasudevan Nair won the National Film Awards for Best Screenplay.
Sathyanathan (Mohanlal) is condemned to death for brutally murdering four persons – two adults and two young girls – and is awaiting his final call. He shows no remorse and is just as cheerful as a man who knows he has done no wrong. The prison doctor Dr Nambiar’s (Thilakan) son Vijayan is one of Sathyan’s victims; he wants to sign his death certificate and see the fear in his eyes as he is led up the gallows but the doctor is just as puzzled as to why the crime was committed.
There are appeals in lower courts and petitions for pardons by the cops as a matter of routine but Sathyan has no great interest in living. Eventually, when he wishes to start life again on a fresh slate because he now wants to live, in an O Henry-sque moment, he’s denied a pardon and on Sept 29th, 1991, two years after he is originally convicted of the multiple murders, he is hanged to death. In a series of flashbacks, the story unfolds focussing on Sathyan’s past and recreates the chilling crime scene, explaining his actions.
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