''Ayalathe Adheham'' () is a 1992 Indian

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-language family comedy drama film directed by Rajasenan and written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi. It stars

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam,Tamil cinema, Tamil films, along with a few Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He is also a chend ...

, Gautami, Siddique, Vaishnavi, Meena, and Thilakan. The songs were composed by Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, while the score was by Mohan Sithara.

Plot

The story is about a college lecturer Premachandran (Jayaram), who faces troubles when his wife Sulochana (Gautami) develops an inferiority complex about their family life, after seeing their happily married neighbours Rajeevan and Radhika (Siddique and Vaishnavi). Rajeevan is a medical representative and working for a pharmaceutical company. Rajeevan's personality, confidence and his charisma impresses Sulochana and she wishes her husband was like Rajeevan. Sulochana keeps on comparing Rajeevan with her husband to such an extent that it makes Premachandran jealous. Premachandran tries to mend his behaviour and tries his best to express his love for Sulochana but fails in his attempts. The climax reveals Rajeevan to be a fraudster who has an extra marital relationship with one of their neighbours and everything adorable about his family life was a cover-up. Sulochana realizes her husband's sincere love towards her.

Cast

as Premachandran, College lecturer * Gautami as Sulochana, Premachandran's wife * Siddique as Rajeevan, medical representative * Vaishnavi as Radhika, Rajeevan's wife * Meena as Premachandran's Mother * Thilakan as Sivan Pillai, Bank manager *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Chandykunju, video shop owner and residence association secretary * Krishna Prasad as Sudheendran, Sulochana's brother *

Santhakumari Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, ...

as Rajeevan's mother * Babu Namboothiri as David Gomez, Premachandran's colleague * Ramyasree as Malathi, Sivan Pillai's wife * Maniyanpilla Raju as Achuthan Singh * Indrans as Abu, assistant of Chandikunju * Alumoodan as Rajeevan's father *

Mamukkoya Mamukkoya (born 5 July 1946) is an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema, and has also appeared in French film ''Flammens of Paradise''. He has mostly appeared in comedic roles. His unique usage of the Mappila dialect and style ma ...

as Kuttappan *

Mala Aravindan Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life He was born in Vadavucode, Ernakulam ...

as Selvam * Jose Pellissery as Joseph * Kumarakom Reghunath as SI Feroz * Vishnuprakash as Dr. Perera * Thesni Khan

Box office

The film was commercial success. It was well received by family audiences.

References

External links

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''Ayalathe Adheham''
at the Malayalam Movie Database 1990s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath Indian comedy-drama films Films directed by Rajasenan 1992 comedy-drama films 1992 films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub