Dasharatham

Dasharatham is a movie that was made far ahead of its time but was still appreciated well. Made in 1989, when the protagonist wants to have a child, he goes in for artificial insemination. In most movies in other Indian languages, some even as recent as 2002(Chori chori chupke chupke), whenever the heroine was not able to bear a child, the hero would have to sleep with another woman or something like that. This one is sans any melodrama and the climax too has been dealt with in a professional and believable manner. Its admirable that the director had the guts to make the movie at that time when this technology was not even that popular. Kudoos to him for presenting it in an excellent manner.

Dasharatham (1989) : Brief Review -

A Path-breaking Sensation in Indian Cinema!!! Get a loudspeaker and tell the world Cinema... Copy That.. Let me just stand up for a moment and salute this trio Sibi Malayil-Mohanlal-Lothithadas for taking Indian Cinema much higher than any other film industry in the world cinema with this masterpiece film on Path-breaking subject. Malayil, Mohanlal and Lothithdas have many individual classics on their name but Dasharatham just stands out like a universal Boss. A film on sensitive topics like Surrogacy and Artificial Insemination was made in India in 80s and we, the movie buffs haven't made noise on it? Shame on us. Hollywood or any other foreign language cinema industry may have many pathbreaking classics but this Motherhood and Fatherhood topic was left unexplored by them and I would like to thank Malayalam Cinema for taking up this challenge and delivering some unbeatable stuff. When i saw Marathi Movie 'Mala Aai Vhaychay' (2011), i remember that i called it a pathbreaking film but Dasharatham was made 2 decades before? That's Shocking.. Now i think that this word 'Path-breaking' seems like an understatement to Dasharatham. What a mind-blowing and thoughtful piece of writing Mr. Lothithadas has provided us. Indian cinema will owe him forever. Mala Aai Vhaychay or its hindi adaption 'Mimi' both the films are based on same topic but these films only talk about Motherhood whereas Dasharatham talks about Motherhood as well as Fatherhood. That's incredible. What a performer this man is, Mohanlal. How can i put him in words after seeing him giving equally great performances in so many classics. But here, Rekha and Murali were great too. Sibi Malayil was is no ordinary genius, he is legend of legends. The kind of vision he had for a small industry like Mollywood is bigger than 99% directors of bigger industries. I just want to say this, Hats Off Sibi sir and thank you from the bottom of my heart for changing the face Indian Cinema.

RATING - 9/10*

By - #samthebestest.

I thought Dasharatham was one of those movies where despite all the hype, the movie is not good. Even the first 30 mins or so will make you think that this wont be a good movie. BUT THE MOVIE IS MARVELOUS. The last 45 mins of the movie is so special. The performances of Murali and Mohanlal are exceptional. And Sibi Malayil proves that he is one of the best directors of malayalam cinema. One of the things I didn't find satisfactory was that of Rekha's performance. But even so it's definitely worth a watch.

The climax of Darrahat, if Mohanlal broke down on Sukumari's shoulder and said, "Anne Monne Snakeman is a Maggie in Snehamoho," you will see his fingers, and understand what they are. Mohanlal's dance performance is in favor of Sukumari.

Dasaratham is a movie written by Sibi Malayil by Lohithadas. The film, released in 1989, tells the story of a pregnancy hired work. The character presenter Mohanlal is renting a woman's uterus to give birth to her baby. The woman is not ready to give up the child at last. Mohanlal is ready to give the kid his daughter. Mohanlal asks the nurse Sukumari to give up the baby and Anini loves the magic as he loves her son. The story of Mohanlal is a classic example of the climax scenes in the Dasrath.

I'm writing this review just for the sake of contributing another 10 star rating for this movie. If that can make a slight difference, then I would be as satisfied as I was, after watching this movie. First things first, Mohanlal deserved a national award for this. If this can't get you one, then I suppose the jury made a huge mistake that year. He just lived it and it would be undermining if I said that even his fingers acted with emotions at times. It brought tears to my eyes and, trust me, I don't usually cry that often watching movies Coming to the story and direction, this movie was far ahead of it's time. I really did a background research to know if any movie was made on the same plot anywhere else and failed to find one, which proves it. Every actors did justice to their respective roles, especially Nedumudi Venu and Karamana. Songs were timed perfectly and didn't really spoil the feel. If you haven't watched the movie, please do right now and come back to give a 10 star rating. C'mon we should make our opinions hear loud or else these movies won't get the appreciation they deserve.