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

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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