Vidheyan

Vidheyan
Directed byAdoor Gopalakrishnan
Screenplay byAdoor Gopalakrishnan
Based onBhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum
by Paul Zacharia
Produced byK. Ravindran Nair
Starring
CinematographyMankada Ravi Varma
Edited byM. Mani
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Release date
  • January 27, 1994 (1994-01-27)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Vidheyan (transl. The Servile) is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is based on the novella Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Paul Zacharia. The film, starring Mammootty and M. R. Gopakumar, explores the master-slave relationship in a South Karnataka setting.

Vidheyan won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Best Actor Award for Mammootty. It also won numerous awards at the Kerala State Film Awards, including the Best Film.[1]

  1. ^ Menon, Neelima (30 January 2022). "When Mammootty played the tyrant: Revisiting Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Vidheyan". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.