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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Vidheyan<br />
| image = <br />
| director = [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
| screenplay = Adoor Gopalakrishnan<br />
| based_on = ''Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum'' by [[Paul Zacharia]]<br />
| starring = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Mammootty]]|[[M. R. Gopakumar]]|[[Tanvi Azmi]]|Sabitha Anand|Aliyar|[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]]}}<br />
| producer = [[K. Ravindran Nair]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| cinematography = [[Mankada Ravi Varma]]<br />
| editing = M. Mani<br />
| released = {{Film date|1994||}}<br />
| runtime = 112 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| music = [[Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Vidheyan''''' ({{lang-en|The Servile}}) is a [[List of Malayalam films of 1994|1994]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed and written by [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]. It is a cinematic adaptation of the novella ''Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum'' by Malayalam writer [[Paul Zacharia]]. The film explores the master-slave relationship in a [[South Karnataka]] setting. <br />
[[Mammootty]] and [[M. R. Gopakumar]] plays the lead roles.<br />
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The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]] and [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor Award]] for Mammootty. It also won numerous awards at the [[Kerala State Film Awards]], including the Best Film.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Thommy, a Christian migrant labourer from [[Kerala]] is an obedient slave of his aggressive, tyrannical landlord Bhaskara Pattelar. Thommy obeys all the orders of his master, whether it is to make his own wife sexually available to his master or in killing Pattelar's kindly wife, Saroja. When Pattelar escapes to a jungle, due to his own deeds, Thommy escorts him like a pet. But when Pattelar is killed Thommy exults in freedom. [[Mammootty]] received the [[National Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in this movie and one other movie.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Mammootty]] as Bhaskara Patelar<br />
* [[M. R. Gopakumar]] as Thommy<br />
* [[Tanvi Azmi]] as Bhaskara Patelar's Wife<br />
* [[Sabitha Anand]] as Omana<br />
* Aliyar<br />
* [[Babu Namboothiri]]<br />
* [[K. P. A. C. Azeez]]<br />
* Prof. K. V. Thampi<br />
* [[Krishnan Kutty Nair (actor)|Krishnan Kutty Nair]]<br />
* [[Naveen D. Padil]]<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film is a cinematic adaptation of the novel ''Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum'' by Malayalam writer [[Paul Zacharia]]. Zacharia's novella was inspired by a real-life character named Patela Shekhara Gowda alias Shiradi Shekhara. Zacharia happened to hear the stories of Patelar when he was residing near Shiradi village [[Mangalore]] in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news|title=പട്ടേലർ എന്നൊരു സത്യം|language=ml|date=March 27, 2011|newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]]}}</ref> After the release of the film, Adoor had a tiff with Zacharia over the film. Zachariah said Adoor tainted his story with [[Hindutva]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2220/stories/20051007001508200.htm|title=A constant process of discovery|author=Gowri Ramnarayan|magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=September 24 – October 7, 2005|access-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
; [[41st National Film Awards|1993 National Film Awards]]<br />
*[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] - [[Mammootty]]<br />
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]] - [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
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; [[Kerala State Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa93.htm|title=Kerala State Film Awards: 1993|publisher=[[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]]|access-date=2011-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002054806/http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa93.htm|archive-date=2 October 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] - K. Raveendran Nair (producer), [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] (director)<br />
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] - [[Mammootty]]<br />
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story]] - [[Paul Zacharia]]<br />
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screen Play|Best Screenplay]] - [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
*[[Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award]] - [[M. R. Gopakumar]]<br />
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; Other awards<br />
* NETPAC Award at the [[Rotterdam International Film Festival]]<ref name = hi>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/Must-Watch-International-Award-Winning-Malayalam-Films/Must-Watch-International-Award-Winning-Malayalam-Films/photostory/52255804.cms</ref><br />
* Interfilm Award - Honourable Mention at the [[International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg|Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival]]<ref name = hi/><br />
* Feature FIPRESCI and Special Jury Prize, Singapore<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0108490|Vidheyan}}<br />
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{{Adoor Gopalakrishnan}}<br />
{{KeralaStateFilmAwardBestFilm}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Malayalam}}<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actor National Award-winning performance]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
[[Category:Films about Indian slavery]]<br />
[[Category:Best Malayalam Feature Film National Film Award winners]]</div>imported>AYIRAN