Yathra
| Yathra (The Journey) | |
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| Directed by | Balu Mahendra |
| Produced by | Joseph Abraham |
| Written by | John Paul (story) Balu Mahendra (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Mammootty Shobana Adoor Bhasi Thilakan Anju |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Balu Mahendra |
| Edited by | D. Vasu |
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Production
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Prakkattu Films
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| Distributed by | Prakkattu Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Yathra (Malayalam: യാത്ര, meaning The Journey) is a 1985 Malayalam film directed by Balu Mahendra, and starring Mammootty and Shobana. It is a remake of the 1982 Telugu film Nireekshana, directed by Balu Mahendra himself, and starring Bhanu Chander and Archana.
The film tells a fictional story, but built upon the human rights violations by the Police and the prison authorities in India during the nationwide emergency of 1975-1977, when the fundamental rights of the citizens were suspended. The movie is an adaptation of the 1977 Japanese classic "The Yellow Handkerchief". The film was commercial success.
The story unfolds as Unnikrishnan (Mammootty), a convict, now free from the jail tells his tragic love story to his fellow passengers in a school bus. An orphan and a forest officer by profession, he falls in love with a local girl, Thulasi, during his stay at a forest area. They decided to get married and he sets off to inform his marriage to his best friend. On his way back the police arrests him as a suspected criminal, who has some visible similarities of Unnikrishnan. There he accidentally kills a police man and gets life imprisonment. During his early days at jail, he writes a letter to Thulasi asking to forget him. When his prison term was about to complete, he wrote a letter to light a lamp if she still waits for him. After long years of torments in the jail he goes to meet Thulasi, and does she still waits for him? That's the question of his fellow passengers too. She waits for him and they get united.
Mammootty won the Special Jury Award in 1985 Kerala State Film Awards and the Best Actor award in the Filmfare Award.
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