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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Utharam<br />
| image = Utharamfilm.jpg<br />
| director = [[V. K. Pavithran]]<br />
| producer = Akbar<br />
| writer = [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]<br />
| based_on = ''No Motive'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br />[[Suparna Anand|Suparna]]<br />[[Sukumaran]]<br />[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]<br />
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br/><small>(background score)</small><br/>Vidhyadharan<br/><small>(songs)</small><br />
| cinematography = [[Ramachandra Babu]]<br />
| editing = Ravi<br />
| distributor = Srudhi Combines<br />
| released = {{Film date|1989|5|4|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Utharam''''' ({{lang-eng|Answer}}) is a 1989 [[Malayalam]] [[mystery film|mystery]]-[[thriller film]], starring [[Mammootty]], [[Suparna Anand|Suparna]], [[Sukumaran]] and [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]. It was written by [[Malayalam]] writer [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] based on the short story ''No Motive'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]].<ref>Sanoop K.V., [http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebrities/star-profile/2009/pavithran-the-genius-191109.html ''Pavithran, the genius''], One India, 19 November 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kurup |first1=Aradhya |title=30 years since its release, why Mammootty's 'Utharam' still remains a relevant thriller |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/30-years-its-release-why-mammoottys-utharam-still-remains-relevant-thriller-110821 |publisher=[[The News Minute]] |access-date=22 October 2019 |date=19 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Five best investigative crime thrillers in Malayalam cinema |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/five-best-investigative-crime-thrillers-in-malayalam-cinema/mumbai-police/photostory/65422218.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> Utharam is considered one of the best investigative thrillers in Malayalam cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Utharam' - Five best investigative crime thrillers in Malayalam cinema|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/five-best-investigative-crime-thrillers-in-malayalam-cinema/utharam/photostory/65422211.cms|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Selina Joseph ([[Suparna Anand|Suparna]]) a budding poet leading a very happy family life, commits suicide on a very "usual" day by shooting herself with her husband's gun.The Police writes this off as a freak accident, but her husband planter Mathew ([[Sukumaran]]) realises that it was a suicide. He is perplexed as to the motive of her action.<br />
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Balachandran Nair ([[Mammootty]]), a Delhi-based journalist, who was close to both Selina and Mathew, decides to look into the reasons that led her to suicide. Mathew and the household servants confirms that Selina was very Happy with her life and there was no motive for her suicide.<br />
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Balu starts his investigation from Selina's past by tracking down different people from her past. Balu focuses on Selina's school days after a relative reveals that Selina had to discontinue her school after she was badly injured in a bus accident during a school trip. But later finds from the school principal that there was no accident, but Selina was dismissed when it was found that she was pregnant. Balu meets Selina's school mate Prof. Shyamala Menon ([[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]), who lost touch with Selina after she discontinued her grade 10 studies abruptly. Selina and Shyamala were mischievous in their school days. While Shyamala recounts their school adventures, Balu realises, that one night after trying out drug laced cigarettes, both Shyamala and Selina were raped by two young men of Gurkha origin while the girls were unconscious. Both girls do not realizes what has happened to them.<br />
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Selina gets dismissed after she turns out to be pregnant. Her father secretly arranges delivery at a gynaecological clinic. She did not accept the fact even after the birth of her baby. She considered herself a virgin and called her son [[Immanuel]], meaning the son of Holy virgin Mary. Her child was moved to an orphanage by her father Antony ([[Karamana Janardanan Nair]]) without her knowledge. She lost her memory after losing a car accident.<br />
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Balu discovers that a rag picker boy was caught stealing from the yard on the day Selina committed suicide. After realising that the boy was of Gurkha origin, Balu understands that it was Selina's lost boy. Seeing her son after a decade as a rag picker, she is emotionally shocked and commits suicide. Balu decides not to reveal the unpleasant truth to Mathew.<br />
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The film ended with Shyamala and Balu falling in love with each other, finding Immanuel - Selina’s son and adopting him for Selina.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Balachandran {{aka}} Balu<br />
*[[Suparna Anand|Suparna]] as Selina Joseph a.k.a. Leena<br />
*[[Sukumaran]] as Mathew a.k.a. Mathukkutty<br />
*[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]] as Shyamala Menon<br />
*[[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Antony a.k.a. Kunnathurachan<br />
*[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Nanu<br />
*[[Sankaradi]] as Achuvettan<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Molly Aunty<br />
*Chandran Nair as Kapyar Mathai<br />
*[[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Superintendent<br />
*[[Valsala Menon]] as Warden Annie<br />
*[[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Nurse<br />
*[[Jayalalitha (actress)|Jayalalitha]] as Dr. Malathi Krishna<br />
*[[Jagannathan (actor)|Jagannathan]] as Manager Subrahmaniyam<br />
*Thrissur Elsy as Annamma chettathi<br />
*Akbar as 'Principal<br />
*Murukan as Immanuel<br />
*James as narayanan<br />
*Shanthi as nurse<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
All songs are composed by Vidhyadharan with lyrics by [[O. N. V. Kurup]]. The background score of the film was done by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]].{{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Manjin Vilolamam" (M) || [[G. Venugopal]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Manjin Vilolamam" (F) || [[B. Arundhathi]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Ninnilasooyayarnnu" || B. Arundhathi<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Swaramidarathe" || G. Venugopal, B. Arundhathi<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Aalthirakkilum" || B. Arundhathi<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Snehikkunnu Njan" || B. Arundhathi<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || "Tibetan Folk Song" || Various Artists<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{imdb title|id=0253873}}<br />
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[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s mystery films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]</div>imported>Doremo