Anubandham (1985 film)

A widow, Sunandha (Seema), lives in difficult circumstances with her young son, Hari, and may have to leave their home.

Murali Masha (Mammootty), having recently moved to town for work, and looking for a place to stay, is pleasantly surprised to see Sunandha 12 years after having taught her in college but is sad to hear of her situation.

Bhaskaran (Mohanlal), a bank manager from a modest background, and Vijayalakshmi (Shobhana), from a wealthy family, live with their young son, Jayan, in the neighbourhood. Vijayalakshmi struggles to adapt a middle-class, small-town life which results in some tension and conflict at home.

Receiving no aid from her late husband's family and needing to earn a living, Sunandha starts a kindergarten with the help of Murali Masha. She shows herself to be intelligent and capable and up to the task.

Sunandha's landlord (Thilakan) and landlady (Sukumari) and other townsfolk fuel gossip about Sunandha and Murali Masha which bothers Hari. Murali Masha and Sunandha are interested in marrying each other at some stage, but Hari's anger and objections give Sunandha pause.

When Hari plays with the kindergarten bus, it results in the accidental death of Jayan who attends the kindergarten. After the funeral, the townsfolk and Police consider the legal implications of such a shocking accident. Murali Masha is concerned about Hari's psychological state, guilt and shock about the situation, while Bhaskaran, Vijayalakshmi and Sunandha struggle with the terrible senseless tragedy.

Murali Masha urges Sunandha to reopen the kindergarten and encourages and reassures Hari that he needs to return to school. The townsfolk and school teacher make cruel and humiliating remarks to Hari and no one wants to send their kids to Sunandha's kindergarten.

Murali Masha takes them out of town for the day. The next day before school Hari goes apologizes to Vijayalakshmi who shows a previously absent graciousness and tenderness. She helps Sunandha to restart the kindergarten as life returns to some normalcy.

Murali Masha feels it is best for him to move away while things are peaceful. When Hari finds out Masha is leaving he asks if it's because Masha is angry at him and Sunandha. He runs and begs Masha to return.

The film was released on 29 March 1985

Box office

The film was a commercial success.^[2][3][4]

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Panthalam K. P. and Bichu Thirumala.

Kerala State Film Awards^[5]

• Best Actress - Seema
• Best Child Artist - Master Vimal
• Best Story - M. T. Vasudevan Nair
• Best Editor - K. Narayanan