''Vakkeel Vasudev'' is a 1993

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film, directed by

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, starring

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and

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in the lead roles.

Plot

The movie deals with the consequences of alcoholism in the lives of two individuals belonging to two different poles of the society. The movie starts with the typical story of a common man. His name is Thankappan (

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) a lineman employed with the Electricity Board. His family consists of his wife and two daughters, Jayasree & Sreedevi . He is very fond of having booze sessions after his work time which is encouraged by his wife. Then the story shifts to the office of an acclaimed lawyer named Vasudev. He mainly deals with litigations related to motor accident insurances, he takes up latter cases and obtains a lion's share of the insurance claim as his fee. Next character is a rich bachelor named, Vishnu (

), he comes from the United States to his home in Kerala. Thomaskutty (

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), an aid of Vishnu at Kerala is his main accomplice. Vishnu, accompanied by Thomas are frequent visitors to numerous bars and drinks excessively each day. On an ill-fated night, an inebriated Vishnu rams his car on a drunk Thankappan, which kills the latter. They hide the car and Vishnu being guilty conscious of his reckless act decides to financially assist Thankappan's family. The rest of the story revolves around twists revealing the truth behind the accident. Both Vishnu and Vasudev have a romantic interest on Thankappan's elder daughter Sreedevi. While Sreedevi reciprocates Vishnu's feelings. After some humorous instances Sub Inspector Jabbar (

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) arrests Vishnu and Thomas. Finally Vasudev understands the innocence of Vishnu, as it is revealed that, another car rammed on Thankappan after Vishnu's hit. The ownership of the car is in Vasudev's name which startles Vishnu. Later it is known that, the car was sold to Stephen (

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)by Vasudev, which proves Stephen is the main culprit.

Cast

as Advocate Vasudev *

as Vishnu *

as Sreedevi *

as Thomaskutty *

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as Bhavani *

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as Shobha *

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as Narayanan *

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as SI Jabbar *

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as Lambodharan *

as Current Thankappan *

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as Vasu *

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as Stephen d'Souza *

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as Mathai *

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as Janu * Baiju as Lalu

Box office

The film was a commercial success.

References

External links

* 1993 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by P. G. Viswambharan Films scored by Mohan Sithara {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub