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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Sukumaran ([[Sreenivasan]]), his brother Mohanan ([[Jayaram]]) and their mother belong to a middle-class family and live happily . Sukumaran is a supervisor in a construction company named JK Constructions and Mohanan is a shopkeeper. Mohanan has recently married Shailaja ([[Parvathy Jayaram]]) who is a bank employee and is from a rich family unlike Sukumaran's wife Kanchana. Shylaja's fortunate life with money and job makes Kanchana envious ~~about~~ her and Kanchana slowly starts causing problems in the family by finding unnecessary issues which affects the smooth running of a peaceful family life. Finally Sukumaran leaves their family house and starts living in a rented house with Kanchana ~~as part of~~ Kanchana's ~~requests~~. The rented house is located in a posh colony wherein the residents are very rich.		Sukumaran ([[Sreenivasan]]), his brother Mohanan ([[Jayaram]]) and their mother belong to a middle-class family and live happily. Sukumaran is a supervisor in a construction company named JK Constructions and Mohanan is a shopkeeper. Mohanan has recently married Shailaja ([[Parvathy Jayaram]]) who is a bank employee and is from a rich family unlike Sukumaran's wife Kanchana. Shylaja's fortunate life with money and job makes Kanchana envious of her and Kanchana slowly starts causing problems in the family by finding unnecessary issues which affects the smooth running of a peaceful family life. Finally Sukumaran leaves their family house and starts living in a rented house with Kanchana by Kanchana's request. The rented house is located in a posh colony wherein the residents are very rich.

	Soon Kanchana finds ~~one or the other reasons to live~~ in luxury ~~which~~ is not conducive with the ~~economical conditions~~ of Sukumaran who is just a supervisor in a company. To match their social status Kanchana lies to her new neighbours that her husband is an engineer in a construction company. Soon Sukumaran ~~leans~~ for ~~her~~ demands like buying expensive home appliances, arranging a dance master for their daughter and sending her to an English medium school, buying an old car (in which Sukumaran would meet with an accident thereby increasing their medical expenses and car repair charges) etc. The huge economical demands slowly crush Sukumaran and it finally affects him in the manner of creditors demanding their money back.		Soon Kanchana finds that living in luxury is not conducive with the economic situation of Sukumaran who is just a supervisor in a company. To match their social status Kanchana lies to her new neighbours that her husband is an engineer in a construction company. Soon Sukumaran pushes for demands like buying expensive home appliances, arranging a dance master for their daughter and sending her to an English medium school, buying an old car (in which Sukumaran would meet with an accident thereby increasing their medical expenses and car repair charges) etc. The huge economical demands slowly crush Sukumaran and it finally affects him in the manner of creditors demanding their money back.

	In order to meet their financial requirements Sukumaran finally decides to cheat his employer by forgery. The authorities soon come to know about the truth and one day, when Sukumaran is already under heavy economical pressures, the police arrive and arrest him. The next day, because of the ill reputation caused by the family the house owner drives Sukumaran's family out of their rented house. At this point Mohanan comes to their rescue knowing about the situations where his brother has been led by the ill advice of his wife Kanchana. Mohanan arranges money by selling his wife's gold ornaments and repays the creditors. Sukumaran is finally released from jail. In the end the family is re-united ~~where~~ Kanchana understands her mistakes.		In order to meet their financial requirements Sukumaran finally decides to cheat his employer by forgery. The authorities soon come to know about the truth and one day, when Sukumaran is already under heavy economical pressures, the police arrive and arrest him. The next day, because of the ill reputation caused by the family the house owner drives Sukumaran's family out of their rented house. At this point Mohanan comes to their rescue knowing about the situations where his brother has been led by the ill advice of his wife Kanchana. Mohanan arranges money by selling his wife's gold ornaments and repays the creditors. Sukumaran is finally released from jail. In the end the family is re-united when Kanchana understands her mistakes.

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{{Infobox film
| name = Thalayana Manthram
| image = Thalayanamanthram.jpg
| director = [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Sreenivasan]]
| starring = Sreenivasan<br />[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]<br />[[Jayaram]]<br />[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]<br />[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = Vipin Mohan
| editing = K. Rajagopal
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990}}
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Thalayana Manthram''''' ({{Translation|Pillow talk}}) is a 1990 Indian [[Malayalam]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Sathyan Anthikkad]] and written by [[Sreenivasan]]. The film stars Sreenivasan, [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], [[Jayaram]], and [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]. [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]'s performance as Kanchana received widespread acclaim and is considered one of the best in her career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/05/19/stories/2006051901030100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113082523/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/05/19/stories/2006051901030100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-13|title=A storyteller at heart|date=2006-05-19|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14783121|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720191514/http://www.sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14783121|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-07-20|title=Sathyan & Jayaram are back!|date=2008-10-23|publisher=sify.com|access-date=2009-08-10}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sukumaran ([[Sreenivasan]]), his brother Mohanan ([[Jayaram]]) and their mother belong to a middle-class family and live happily . Sukumaran is a supervisor in a construction company named JK Constructions and Mohanan is a shopkeeper. Mohanan has recently married Shailaja ([[Parvathy Jayaram]]) who is a bank employee and is from a rich family unlike Sukumaran's wife Kanchana. Shylaja's fortunate life with money and job makes Kanchana envious about her and Kanchana slowly starts causing problems in the family by finding unnecessary issues which affects the smooth running of a peaceful family life. Finally Sukumaran leaves their family house and starts living in a rented house with Kanchana as part of Kanchana's requests. The rented house is located in a posh colony wherein the residents are very rich.

Soon Kanchana finds one or the other reasons to live in luxury which is not conducive with the economical conditions of Sukumaran who is just a supervisor in a company. To match their social status Kanchana lies to her new neighbours that her husband is an engineer in a construction company. Soon Sukumaran leans for her demands like buying expensive home appliances, arranging a dance master for their daughter and sending her to an English medium school, buying an old car (in which Sukumaran would meet with an accident thereby increasing their medical expenses and car repair charges) etc. The huge economical demands slowly crush Sukumaran and it finally affects him in the manner of creditors demanding their money back.

In order to meet their financial requirements Sukumaran finally decides to cheat his employer by forgery. The authorities soon come to know about the truth and one day, when Sukumaran is already under heavy economical pressures, the police arrive and arrest him. The next day, because of the ill reputation caused by the family the house owner drives Sukumaran's family out of their rented house. At this point Mohanan comes to their rescue knowing about the situations where his brother has been led by the ill advice of his wife Kanchana. Mohanan arranges money by selling his wife's gold ornaments and repays the creditors. Sukumaran is finally released from jail. In the end the family is re-united where Kanchana understands her mistakes.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Sukumaran
*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Kanchana, Sukumaran's wife
*[[Jayaram]] as Mohanan
*[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]] as Shylaja, Mohanan's wife
*[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as T.G. Daniel
*[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as mother of Sukumaran and Mohan
*[[Mammukoya]] as Kunjananthan Mesthiri
*[[Sukumari]] as Sulochana Thankappan
*[[Philomina]] as Paruammayi
*[[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] as Jiji Daniel
*[[Sankaradi]] as Thankappan
*[[T. P. Madhavan]] as Manager
*[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Pothuval Mash
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Damodharan Pillai
*[[Jagadish]] as Bhasurachandran (Cameo)
*[[Kollam Thulasi]] as Raman Kartha
*Sindhu Manu Varma as Jojo Daniel
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| all_lyrics = [[Kaithapram Damodaran]]
| all_music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]

| title1 = Maanam Niraye
| extra1 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]

| title2 = Maayapponmaane
| extra2 = [[K. S. Chithra]]

| title3 = Thooval Vinnin Maarilthoovi
| extra3 = [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[G. Venugopal]]

}}

==Awards==
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress]] - Urvashi

==Box office==
The film was a commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/leading-filmmakers-on-their-onam-release/article9089756.ece|title=Reel Onams|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 September 2016}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=This is a primary source. Per WP:PRIMARY this source should be replaced with a secondary source|date=November 2017}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0278768}}
{{Sathyan Anthikad}}

[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:1990 comedy films]]
[[Category:1990 films]]