Artham

Artham
Poster
Directed bySathyan Anthikkad
Screenplay byVenu Nagavally
Based onEthir Katru
by Subha
Produced bySuriya Chandralal
StarringMammootty
Sreenivasan
Murali
Saranya
Jayaram
Parvathy
CinematographyVipin Mohan
Edited byK. Rajagopal
Music byJohnson
Production
company
Chanthu Films
Distributed byMudra Arts
Release date
  • 28 July 1989 (1989-07-28)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Artham (transl. The Meaning) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Venu Nagavally. It stars Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Murali, Saranya, in lead roles along with Parvathy, Mamukkoya, Philomina, Mohan Raj, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sukumari, Jagannatha Varma, and Oduvil Unnikrishnan in other pivotal roles. Jayaram plays a cameo role. The music was composed by Johnson.

The film is an adaptation of the Tamil detective novel Ethir Katru by Subha. The story revolves around a loner and award-winning novelist Ben Narendran (Mammootty) who seeks revenge against the forces who murdered his dear friend Janardanan (Jayaram). Joining in Narendran's aid are journalist Manasa (Saranya) and Advocate P. S. Nenmara (Sreenivasan). It was also later adapted in Tamil cinema as Ethir Kaatru (1990).