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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Vadakkunokkiyantram<br />
| image = vadakkunokkiyanthram.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical poster<br />
| director = [[Sreenivasan]]<br />
| producer = Toffy Kannara<br/>T. C. Mony<br />
| writer = Sreenivasan<br />
| starring = Sreenivasan<br />[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]<br />
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]<br />
| editing = N. Gopalakrishnan<br />
| distributor = [[K. R. Gangadharan|K.R.G. Enterprises]]<br />
| studio = Kavyakala Film Unit<br />
| released = {{Film date|1989|05|19|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 120 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Vadakkunokkiyantram''''' ({{translation|Compass}}) is a 1989 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[dark comedy]] film written and directed by [[Sreenivasan]] who also stars in the film along with [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]. The film is about the marital discord caused by a husband's [[othello syndrome]]. The film won three [[Kerala State Film Awards]], including [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]. It was dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Sandeham'' and remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Dindigul Sarathy]]'', in [[Kannada]] as ''Nanjangudu Nanjunda'', and in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Thalathil Dineshan ([[Sreenivasan]]) is managing a printing press. He is burdened with insecurities about his short physique and dark complexion. His life spirals out of control after his marriage to Shobha ([[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]). His insecurities are heightened by the fact that his wife is exceptionally beautiful and is taller than him. Initially he is overprotective of his wife, which worsens his relationship with his brother Prakashan ([[Baiju Santhosh|Baiju]]). He feels challenged by the charm and wit of his brother, which eventually leads to the eruption of a feud in the family.<br />
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Dineshan gradually resorts to tactics which, he feels, will enable him to earn the respect and admiration of Shobha. He finds a new confidante in Thalakulam Sir ([[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]), who gives him immature advice to win the heart of his wife Shobha. He starts drinking, believing that it is a symbol of machismo. He memorizes jokes from a weekly magazine and monotonously delivers them to his wife, so as to appear witty. But all these attempts turn out to be pure antics and he makes a fool of himself.<br />
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Shobha, an archetypal wife, is very much devoted to her husband and cannot understand Dineshan's eccentric behavior. He gradually becomes paranoid and starts suspecting his wife. He threatens the brother ([[Lalu Alex]]) of Shobha's friend, whom he suspects of having an affair with her. Things spin out of his control when Shobha learns everything. He is even confined to a mental hospital following some incidents resulting from extreme paranoia.<br />
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After a brief treatment he appears to be a changed man. Dineshan wins his wife back from her parental home, assuring her of love and care. Now all seem to be fine with them, but again in the dead of the night when his wife is asleep he starts looking out suspiciously in his backyard for his wife's stalker.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Sreenivasan]] as Thalathil Dineshan<br />
* [[Parvathy Jayaram]] as Shobha<br />
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Thalakulam Sir<br />
* [[K.P.A.C. Lalitha]] as Dineshan's Mother<br />
* [[Baiju (actor)|Baiju]] as Thalathil Prakashan, Dineshan's brother<br />
* [[Lalu Alex]] as Capt. S. Balan<br />
* [[C. I. Paul]] as Raghavan Nair, Shobha's father<br />
* [[Usha (actress)|Usha]] as Thankamani, Dineshan's sister<br />
* [[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as Sahadevan, worker at Dineshan's press<br />
* [[Jagadish]] as Vinod Kumar Alleppey<br />
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Doctor<br />
* [[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]] as Sarala, Shobha's friend<br />
* [[Sankaradi]] as Thalathil Chanthu Nair, Dineshan's maternal uncle<br />
* [[Mamukkoya]] as Photographer<br />
* [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Policeman<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Shobha's Mother<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film was a critical as well as commercial success at the box office.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film]]<br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] - [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer|Kerala State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] - [[M. G. Sreekumar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0354148}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1989 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]</div>imported>Kailash29792