''Sthithi'' ( en, Plight) is a 2003

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written and directed by

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. The film tells the tale of a couple employed in the Secretariat. It stars

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, Master Achuth, Master Anand Pillay and

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. It is playback singer Unni Menon's debut film as an actor. He also composed a couple of songs for the film. Bengali actress and

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who played the role of their son, hails from Thiruvananthapuram, and is a famous quizzer and quizmaster who had participated in the TV show

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Plot

Vivek and Vani are

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employees. They live in a modest house on the outskirts of

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together with their two children. Their lives change when under threat of job losses, the trade unions call for strike action whilst at the same time their landlord asks them to leave.

Cast

as Vivek *

as Vani (Voice By Praveena) * Master Achuth as Raman * Master Anand Pillay as Vishwam *

as Sakundala nair * C. K. Babu as Pattom Syleshwaran * Vellayambalam Gopalakrishnan as Narayana Pillai *Sreelatha as Mary *

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as Remya * Vinu Abraham as Sajan * Kollam Devarajan as PT teacher * Ratna Purushothaman as Devaki * Jayaraj Warrier as Devan *Sandhya Rajendran as Devi *Leena Nair as Anamika

Soundtrack

Music:

M. Jayachandran Madhusoodanan Jayachandran is an Indian composer, singer, and musician. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for a record number of nine times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. In 2015, he wo ...

, Unni Menon, Sunny Viswanath
Lyrics:

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, Priya Viswanath * "Oru Chembaneer" -

* "Odalenna" -

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* "Let's Wipe The Tears" -

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, Maya Karta

References

External links

* * * 2000s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films directed by R. Sarath {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub