''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' () is a 1986 Indian

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-language comedy-drama film directed by

Sathyan Anthikkad Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter f ...

and written by

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from a story by Anthikkad. The film stars

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, Karthika,

and

M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s an ...

. The film features songs composed by Jerry Amaldev and background score by Shyam. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It was remade by I. V. Sasi in Tamil as ''

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'' (1988), in Telugu as '' Donga Kollu'' (1988), in

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as '' Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar'' (2001) and twice in Kannada in 2003 as ''Yardo Duddu Yellammana Jatre'' and ''Ananda Nilaya''.

Plot

The story revolves around a house owner, Gopalakrishna Panikkar, who is struggling with debt incurred during the wedding of his two sisters. He needs to force his tenants to vacate so that the house can be sold and the debt repaid. The tenants do not want to leave for reasons of their own. How the various situations unfold and what happens to Gopalakrishna Panikker and the tenants is what the movie is all about. The only way Gopalakrishnan can escape from certain bankruptcy is to sell the property he owns in the city and use the proceeds to settle his debts. To do that, he has to evict his tenants from there first. Unfortunately for him, his tenant is the feisty Meera and her family, who absolutely refuses to vacate the house. Gopalakrishnan uses an obscure clause in the contract to take up residence at the house, and tries his best to smoke his tenants out and takes help of his friend, Sub-Inspector Rajendran (Sreenivasan) to evict them. But Rajendran falls in love with Meera and refuses to evict her. Gopalakrishnan plans on Rajendran to marry Meera in order to evict her with her family, but fails when it is revealed by Meera's mother that she was a mental patient due to the death of her father. Much hilarity ensues later and Meera at last, on knowing about the extent of Gopalakrishnan's problems, vacates the house without reservations and leaves. But Gopalakrishnan calls her back and decides that this will be their house.

Cast

as Gopalakrishna Panikkar * Karthika as Meera *

as Sub-Inspector K. Rajendran * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Karthyayani *

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as Ummer *

Thilakan Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...

as Damodaran / Damodar Ji *

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as Kunji Kannan Nair * Sankaradi as Adv. P. Sreedharan Nair * Sukumari as Panikkar's mother *

Thodupuzha Vasanthi Thodupuzha Vasanthi was an Indian actress who acted mainly in Malayalam films. She appeared in over 450 movies and also in 16 tele-serials and 100 plays. She was a theater artist, before starting with small roles in movies. Her first full length ...

as Ayisha *Yadu Krishnan as Monukuttan *Sumitha Rahim as Meera's sister *

as Rajendran's uncle / Poomkinavu Ammavan

Production

The film was shot in and around a house named "Chakyathu" situated near

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. Most of the story revolves around the house. The filming in the house was completed in 27 days. After the success of ''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'', the house has become a location for many films.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Jerry Amaldev and the lyrics were written by

Mullanezhi Mullanezhi Neelakandan Namboothiri (1948–2011), popularly known as Mullanezhi, was a Malayalam poet, playwright, lyricist and actor from Thrissur in Kerala state of India. He was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice: in 1995 for ...

. Shyam composed the

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Reception and remakes

The film was a critical and commercial success.Article abou the film in ''Deepika''
It was later remade in Telugu as '' Donga Kollu'' with Rajendra Prasad and Sumalatha, in Tamil as ''

'' with Sivakumar and Amala, in Kannada as ''Yardo Duddu Yellammana Jatre'' (2003) with Jaggesh and once again in Kannada as ''Ananda Nilaya'' and in Hindi as '' Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar'' directed by

and starring Sunil Shetty in the lead role.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0292220
''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' at Malayalachalachithram

''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' at Malayalasangeetham
1986 films Films scored by Jerry Amaldev 1980s Malayalam-language films 1980s romantic comedy-drama films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Kochi Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad Malayalam films remade in other languages 1986 comedy-drama films