Sandesam

Sandesham
Poster
Directed by	Sathyan Anthikkad
Produced by	S. S. T. Subrahmaniam
Written by	Sreenivasan
Starring	Thilakan Sreenivasan Jayaram Siddique Kaviyoor Ponnamma Maathu Biyon
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Vipin Mohan
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Production company	Evershine Productions
Distributed by	Evershine Release
Release date	30 October 1991 (1991-10-30)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Sandhesam (English: The Message) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam black comedy-political satire film written by Sreenivasan and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, starring Thilakan, Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Siddique, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and Maathu. The film deals with unreal political activism existing in Kerala and takes major digs on the political parties in the state.

A commercial success upon release, Sandesham is often regarded as a classic in Malayalam cinema. The film was included in IBN Live's list of "100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time". The film was remade in Tamil language as Veettai Paar Naattai Paar by director Thulasidas in 1994.

After his retirement from Indian Railways, as station master, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family consisting of his wife (Kaviyoor Ponnamma), three sons and two daughters gets a blow after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences. Prabhakaran (Sreenivasan), the elder one is a staunch leftist, and an active worker of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (RDP), which has just lost the Kerala state Assembly elections and relinquished office. Prakashan (Jayaram), popularly known as KRP, his younger brother is involved with the Indian National Secular Party (INSP), which has now come to power. Though they are both educated, neither has any plans to earn a living on their own and are fully immersed in petty politics, sponging off their parents for their needs.