Vaasthavam

വാസ്തവം

Malayalam · 2006 · 155 min

Directed by M. Padmakumar — Samvrutha Sunil · Murali · Sindhu Menon · Prithviraj Sukumaran · Madhupal · Kavya Madhavan · Jagathy Sreekumar · Jagadish · Salim Kumar · V. K. Sreeraman · Usha · Seema G. Nair · Sudheer Karamana · Sadiq · T. P. Madhavan · Joju George · Meghanathan · T. G. Ravi · Shaalin Zoya

This Malayalam political drama follows Balachandran Adiga, a young man from a once-prestigious but now struggling Brahmin family, who shoulders responsibility for his father and sisters. To secure a government job and rescue his family from financial ruin, he abandons his engagement to marry into a wealthier household, setting off a chain of personal losses and moral compromises as he navigates a corruption-ridden bureaucracy and rises within its ranks. The story, loosely adapted from a Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai novel, traces his shifting values as ambition and family loyalty pull him in different directions.

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IMDb 7.0 · 480 votes