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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Asthram<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = P. N. Menon<br>[[John Paul Puthusery|John Paul]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = [[John Paul Puthusery|John Paul]]<br />
| starring = [[Bharath Gopi]]<br>[[Mohanlal]]<br>[[Mammootty]]<br>[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br>[[Jyothi (actress, born 1963)|Jyothi]]<br />
| music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]<br />
| cinematography = Devi Prasad<br />
| editing = T. Sasikumar<br />
| studio = Menon Films<br />
| distributor = Menon Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|1983|11|9|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 125 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Asthram''''' ({{Translation|Arrow}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |date=1999 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1996 |language=en}}</ref> The film stars [[Bharath Gopi]], [[Mohanlal]], [[Mammootty]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Jyothi (actress, born 1963)|Jyothi]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1456|title=Asthram|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/a.php?7360 |title=Asthram |accessdate=2014-10-19 |publisher=malayalasangeetham.info |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019144921/http://malayalasangeetham.info/a.php?7360 |archivedate=19 October 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/asthram-malayalam-movie/|title=Asthram|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref> This movie is loosely based on the Nanavati murder case. Author Bibekanada Ray described the film as one of Menon's films "dealing with various contemporary political and social concerns" in her book about India's [[parallel cinema|offbeat cinema]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ray |first1=Bibekanada |title=Conscience of The Race |date=2005 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2661-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKo-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Capt. C. S. Nair, a Naval officer, and Rekha constitute a happily married couple. Inspector Stephen and captain are good friends. When the captain leaves for his job, Rekha has to spend a lonely life in their big mansion. She occasionally takes a drive and spends time with Stephen's daughter Lilly. The Captain's elder sister Sharada, who was staying separate from her husband, had a kid Biju. Sharada had died of a tumor and since then Rekha was taking care of Biju like her own son.<br />
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During the next occasion of leave, when captain is informed that Sharada is no more, he suggests to admit Biju in a boarding school, so that he gets the best schooling possible. The Captain meets Balu, a photographer, accidentally, he likes him very much and treats him as his own brother. They spend times together along with Balu's friends in outings and other leisure events.<br />
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Captain leaves for his job and Rekha and Balu fall in an affair accidentally. Balu realizes that it is a mistrust and runs away from the affair. Rekha had a difficult time to recover from the incident. However she could not conceal it for long, and during the next visit of the Captain she discloses about the affair. Though she doesn't reveal the man, the Captain traces that Balu is the culprit owing to the indifference in behaviour of Balu.<br />
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As he couldn't be the same husband again, Captain insists that Balu marry Rekha, which Balu declines, leading to what is in his mind, forming the climax.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Bharath Gopi]] as Captain C. S. Nair<br />
*[[Mohanlal]] as Dasan<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Balu<br />
*[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Krishnanunni<br />
*[[Jyothi (actress, born 1963)|Jyothi]] as Rekha<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Sharada Chechi<br />
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Philip<br />
*[[Sankaradi]] as Nanu Maashu<br />
*[[Isaac Thomas]] as Dr. Thomas<br />
*[[Jesey]] as Rev. Father<br />
*[[Lissy (Malayalam actress)|Lissy]] as Lilly<br />
*[[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]]<br />
*[[Balan K. Nair]] as Stephen<br />
*[[Bhagyalakshmi]]<br />
*Chamundeswary<br />
*Master Twinku as Biju<br />
*[[Meghanathan]] as Johny<br />
*Punnapra Appachan<br />
* Chaplin<br />
*Raghu<br />
* Joli<br />
* Chamundeswari<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] and the lyrics were written by [[Poovachal Khader]] and [[Sathyan Anthikkad]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Chinchillam Chiri Thooki" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || [[Poovachal Khader]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Kingini Ponmani Manjeeram" || [[S. Janaki]] || Poovachal Khader ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Kunjikkurumbu" || [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[Kausalya]] || [[Sathyan Anthikkad]] ||<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0215529|Asthram}}<br />
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[[Category:1983 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
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