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{{Infobox film
| name = Sandesham
| image = Sandhesam film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sathyan Anthikad]]
| producer = S. S. T. Subrahmaniam
| writer = [[Sreenivasan]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Thilakan]] [[Sreenivasan]] [[Jayaram]] [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] [[Maathu(actress)|Maathu]] [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] [[Sankaradi]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = Vipin Mohan
| editing = K. Rajagopal
| studio = Evershine Productions
| distributor = Evershine Release
| released = {{Film date|1991|10|30|India}}
| runtime = 137 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = ₹8 crore
| gross = ₹35 crore
}}
'''''Sandhesam''''' ({{Translation|Message}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[political satire]] [[black comedy]] film directed by [[Sathyan Anthikad]] and written by [[Sreenivasan]], starring [[Thilakan]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Jayaram]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] and [[Maathu]]. The film deals with political activism existing in [[Kerala]] and takes major digs on the political parties in the state.

A commercial success upon release, ''Sandhesam'' is often regarded as a classic in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/kochi/what-happens-next-486|title=What happens next?|author=Cris Seetha|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|location=Kochi, India|date=20 June 2011|accessdate=7 July 2011}}</ref> The film was included in [[IBN Live]]'s list of "100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time".<ref name=IBN1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130425235159/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-83.html "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time"]. [[IBN Live]]. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><ref name=IBN2>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayabazar-is-indias-greatest-film-ever-ibnlive-poll/391184-8-66.html "'Mayabazar' is India's greatest film ever: IBNLive poll"] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/6W5lwHhfU?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150204142913/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayabazar-is-indias-greatest-film-ever-ibnlive-poll/391184-8-66.html |date=4 February 2015 }}. [[IBN Live]]. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><ref name=IBN3>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130501074840/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ibnlive-poll-vote-for-indias-greatest-film-of-all-time/387871-8.html "IBNLive Poll: Vote for India's greatest film of all time"]. [[IBN Live]]. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref> The film was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language as ''[[Veettai Paar Naattai Paar]]'' by director [[Thulasidas]] in 1994.

== Plot ==
After retirement from [[Indian Railways]], as station master, Raghavan Nair ([[Thilakan]]) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life with his family consisting of his wife ([[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]]), three sons and two daughters gets a blow after seeing his two sons brawling with each other over their political differences as well as the debilitating effect this has on the family. Prabhakaran ([[Sreenivasan]]), the elder one is a staunch leftist, and an active worker of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (RDP), which has just lost the Kerala state Assembly elections and relinquished office. Prakashan ([[Jayaram]]), popularly known as KRP, his younger brother is involved with the Indian National Secular Party (INSP), which has now come to power. Though they are both educated, neither has any plans to earn a living on their own and are fully immersed in petty politics, sponging off their parents for their needs.

Raghavan Nair becomes deeply worried about their future, and tries to advise his sons, but his admonitions fall on deaf ears. Anandan ([[Mala Aravindan]]), his son-in-law is a police [[Sub Inspector|sub-inspector]], but is now on suspension. When RDP was in power, he had arrested and beaten up several of the opposition party workers on instruction from the ruling party officials. Now that the previous opposition is in power, they exact their revenge, first by transferring him repeatedly to stations as far from civilisation as is possible, and then by suspending him.

As part of his retired life, Raghavan Nair decides to focus his attention on his agricultural activities and meets the new young agricultural officer Udayabhanu ([[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]) and, with his wife's approval, wants their younger daughter Latika to marry him, but his elder sons oppose it for flimsy and petty reasons. Prakashan, whose party is in power, pulls strings and get him transferred immediately to a remote location in order to prevent the marriage, but Nair gets them married at the registrar's office.

In the meantime, Anandan and his wife Latha, Raghavan Nair's eldest daughter, demand partition of the property and their share, which Raghavan Nair objects to. The last straw is when their mother falls ill and is hospitalised for a day or so, and none of her children, especially the two older sons, show up at the hospital. Raghavan Nair, when he sees all of them milling around his house on returning from the hospital, loses his temper. He throws out all his children and orders them never to enter his house again. But to his surprise, he finds both Prakashan and Prabhakaran at the gate, fully repented. He calls them in and they begin a new life. Some time later we see Prabhakaran who has started working going to court as a lawyer and Prakashan going for a job interview as part of his efforts to change and gain employment. At the same time, it is also seen that Prasanthan, the school-going youngest son of Raghavan Nair, has decided to form a student political organisation to conduct a protest at his school. But, both his brothers having learnt their lesson the hard way scold him and destroy the flag and banners he was busy making. It is here the film ends with the message clear.

== Cast ==
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*[[Thilakan]] as Raghavan Nair (Retd. Station Master - Indian Railway), father of Prabhakaran, Prakasan, Latha, Lathika and Prashanthan.
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Prabhakaran Kottappalli {{a.k.a}} Prabha, RDP (CPM) member
*[[Jayaram]] as Prakashan Kottappalli / KRP (Kottappalli Raghavan Nair Prakashan), INSP (Congress) member
*[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Udayabhanu (Lathika's husband and Raghavan Nair's son-in-law), an Agricultural officer
*[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Achuthan Nair, friend of Raghavan Nair
*[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Bhanumathi, wife of Raghavan Nair and mother of Prabhakaran, Prakasan, Latha, Lathika and Prashanthan
*[[Maathu]] as Lathika, Raghavan Nair's younger daughter, Udayabhanu's wife
*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Aanandan, Sub-Inspector of Police, Latha's Husband, Raghavan Nair's eldest son-in-law.
*[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Latha. Anandan's wife and Raghavan Nair's eldest daughter
*[[Mamukkoya]] as K.G. Pothuval, the local leader of INSP
*[[Sankaradi]] as Kumara Pillai, the leftist ideologue
*[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Yashwant Sahai, the All-India President of INSP (Cameo)
*[[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as Uthaman, RDP member
*[[Biyon]] as S.I. Aanandan's Son
*Ambili as S.I. Aanandan's Daughter
*[[T. P. Madhavan]] as Police Inspector
*Rahul Laxman as Prasanthan, Raghavan Nair's youngest son
*[[James (Malayalam actor)|James]] as an INSP member
*[[TR Omana]]
*[[Salim Kumar]] (uncredited role)
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==Music==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0353975}}
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3743 ''Sandhesam''] at the Malayalam Movie Database

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[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian political satire films]]
[[Category:1990s black comedy films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:1991 comedy films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]