Adaminte Vaariyellu
1984 Indian film
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Adaminte Vaariyellu (transl. Adam's Rib) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by K. G. George, starring Mammootty, Srividya, Suhasini, and Soorya. The film addresses women's issues and is considered one of the best classics in the Malayalam film industry.[1][2]
K. G. George
Suhasini
Venu Nagavalli
Mammootty
| Adaminte Vaariyellu | |
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| Directed by | K. G. George |
| Written by | Kallikad Ramachandran K. G. George |
| Produced by | Vincent Chittilappally |
| Starring | Srividya Suhasini Venu Nagavalli Mammootty |
| Cinematography | Ramachandra Babu |
| Edited by | M. N. Appu |
| Music by | M. B. Srinivasan |
| Distributed by | Gandhimathi Films |
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Running time | 142 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Vasanthi has to mother three generations of her family in addition to her daytime job. She finds liberation by escaping into madness and a mental asylum. Alice is married to a ruthless businessman and seeks solace in affairs. When she is denied a divorce, she commits suicide. When both the middle-class women choose self-destruction as their way to liberation, the third, a brutally exploited housemaid named Ammini, ends up in a home for women. However, she later helps all the inmates of this home to break out of the suffocating atmosphere of the home to freedom.
Cast
- Srividya as Alice
- Soorya as Ammini
- Suhasini as Vasanthy
- Mammootty as Jose
- Venu Nagavally as Gopi
- Bharath Gopi as Mamachan
- Thilakan as Purushothaman Nair
- Mohan Jose as Chakkunni
- Rugmini
- K. Ramachandrababu
- Latheef as Hassan Koya
- Gladis as Saramma
- KPAC Sunny as Eeppachan
- Lalithasree as Ponnamma
- R. K. Nair
- Rajam K. Nair as Gauri
- T. M. Abraham as Verghese
- Sabu Oommen as Mahesh Kumar
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. B. Sreenivasan and the lyrics were written by O. N. V. Kurup.[3]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics |
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| "Kanneeraattil Mungi" | Selma George | O. N. V. Kurup |