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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sukrutham<br />
| image = Sukrutham poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Hari Kumar (director)|Hari Kumar]]<br />
| producer = Dr. M. M. Ramachandran ([[Atlas Ramachandran]])<br />
| writer = [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]<br />
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br>[[Gouthami Tadimalla]]<br>[[Shanthi Krishna]]<br>[[Manoj K. Jayan]]<br />
| music = {{Plainlist|<br />
* '''Songs''':<br />
* [[Ravi (music director)|Bombay Ravi]]<br />
* '''Background score''':<br />
* [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
* '''Lyrics''':<br />
* [[O. N. V. Kurup]]<br />
}}<br />
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]<br />
| editing = G. Murali<br />
| distributor = Chandrakanth Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994|12|25}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hitukalude Kadha |url=http://i49.tinypic.com/2znpk6v.jpg |magazine=Vellinakshathram |page=38 |access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref><br />
| runtime = 148 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
'''''Sukrutham''''' (English: ''Good deed'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246959/|title=Sukrutham (1994)|publisher=www.imdb.com|access-date=3 July 2014}}</ref> is a 1994 [[Malayalam film]], directed by [[Hari Kumar (director)|Hari Kumar]], written by [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]], with songs composed by [[Bombay Ravi]] and background music by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]].The film stars [[Mammootty]]<br />
, [[Shanthi Krishna]], [[Gouthami]] and [[Manoj K. Jayan]] in lead roles.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Modern Journalism and Mass Media |last=Syed |first=M. H. |year=2005 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-2420-6 |page=214 }}</ref> The film is based on the subject of complex human relationships, inevitable human death and the consequences to the relatives of the deceased.<br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
[[Mammootty]] plays journalist Ravishankar, who is a victim of [[blood cancer]]. The knowledge of his disease and the death on its way hugely disappoints him and he loses all his hope in life. He tries to arrange things in and around his life so that the people he care suffer the least due to his death. In an unheard of gesture, he even pressures his (initially horrified) wife Malini ([[Gauthami]]) to get involved with their friend Rajendran ([[Manoj K. Jayan]]) so that she won't be alone after Ravi's death. Ravi goes back to his village to spend his last days with his aunt, where his childhood sweetheart and cousin, Durga ([[Shanthi Krishna]]), who is still unmarried starts taking care of him.<br />
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Meanwhile, a doctor who is a friend of Ravishankar convinces him to undergo [[Holistic health|holistic treatment]] at his centre. The centre is driven by a theme that each and every [[Cell (biology)|cell]] in our body has a mind which decides whether the body it belongs to should live or die. The treatment does wonders to Ravi and he is on his way to recovery and final checkups confirm that his [[blood count]] is normal. Ravi is delighted to come back to his life; but everything in his hope and joy of life is squandered when he realises that his death was more awaited than his recovery. Everybody, including the relatives, find it awkward to move on now that he is going to live rather than die, foiling all earlier plans. Ravi gets a lethal blow when even Durga, who clearly had no worldly motives, confesses that her affection was directed at a dying man, and not available anymore as he was going to live, and rejects his (borderline romantic) overtures as she clearly doesn't want to become a concubine. Back at his home, he gets his final blow when he realises that his recovery is a blow to even his wife, since Rajendran has by now started sleeping with her.<br />
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Ravi finally composes his own obituary in his office and commits suicide.<br />
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The final line to the audience is the old message that "death is the ultimate truth, an inevitable part of life" with an addendum that it can even be, "in its own way, a moment to rejoice".<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Ravishankar<br />
*[[Shanthi Krishna]] as Durga<br />
*[[Gouthami]] as Malini<br />
*[[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Rajendran<br />
*[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Cheriyamma<br />
*[[Shivaji (Malayalam actor)|Shivaji]]<br />
*[[Narendra Prasad]] as Doctor Unni<br />
*[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Cheriyachan<br />
*[[Kuttyedathi Vilasini]] as Durga's Mother <br />
*[[Krishna Kumar (actor)|Krishna Kumar]]<br />
*[[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Doctor Rahim<br />
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==Music==<br />
[[Ravi (music director)|Bombay Ravi]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]] in 1995 along with [[Parinayam (1994 film)|Parinayam]]. Background score was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] and he won the second [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]] in 1995.<ref name="Score">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/04/stories/2006080401000300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314220126/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/04/stories/2006080401000300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 March 2007|title=Conjuror of tunes |author=P.K.Ajith Kumar|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 August 2006}}</ref> The lyrics were penned by [[O. N. V. Kurup]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable tracklist" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer(s)<br />
|-<br />
| "Bandhangale" || [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Kadalinnagaadhamaam Neelimayil" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], K. S. Chithra<br />
|-<br />
| "Om Poorna" || K. J. Yesudas<br />
|-<br />
| "Poroo" (Ennodothunarunna Pularikale) || K. J. Yesudas<br />
|-<br />
| "Sahasradalasam" || K. J. Yesudas, Chorus<br />
|}<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
The film got 1995 [[National Film Awards]] for best feature film in Malayalam and best background score.<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Cinema |author=National Film Development Corporation of India |author-link=National Film Development Corporation of India |year=1998 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] |page=108 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Conjuror of tunes |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/04/stories/2006080401000300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314220126/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/04/stories/2006080401000300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 March 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 August 2006 |access-date=2009-04-20 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{IMDb title|0246959}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Malayalam}}<br />
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[[Category:1994 films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]<br />
[[Category:Best Malayalam Feature Film National Film Award winners]]</div>imported>Ramitp