Dasharatham (1989)
- Original title
- ദശരഥം
- Directed by
- Sibi Malayil
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Rated
- A
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple unable to have children seeks a surrogate mother to carry a child for them. The film follows the emotional and personal dilemmas faced by everyone involved in this arrangement.
emotionally heavythoughtfulslow-burnsensitiveplaintiveearnestintimatequietly intense
What happens
Dasharatham is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language 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 movie deals with the subject of traditional surrogacy. This is the first Malayalam film to introduce 35mm Cinemascope Film Format. The film was released on October 28, 1989, on the occasion of Diwali. Dasharatham is widely regarded as one of the best films from the writer-director duo Lohithadas-Sibi Malayil. Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Scriptwriter. Dasharatham was the first Malayalam film officially dubbed and released in Marathi as Mazaa Mulga (Meaning: My son). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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