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{{Infobox film
| name = Dasharatham
| image = Dasharatham.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Sibi Malayil]]
| producer = Saga Appachan
| writer = [[A. K. Lohithadas]]
| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br />[[Rekha (Tamil actress)|Rekha]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]
| editing = [[L. Bhoominathan]]
| studio = Saga Films
| distributor = Saga Films
| released = {{Film date|1989|10|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 154 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}

'''''Dasharatham''''' is a 1989 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[drama film]] written by [[A. K. Lohithadas]] and directed by [[Sibi Malayil]]. It stars [[Mohanlal]], [[Rekha (Tamil actress)|Rekha]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Sukumaran]], [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]], [[Sukumari]], [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]], [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]], and [[Jayabharathi]]. The music was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]. The movie deals with the subject of [[surrogacy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/padmarajan-80s-films-malayalam-kggeorge/ |title=Under-appreciated Malayalam Films Of The 80s |date=2019-02-04 |website=Film Companion |access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref>

''Dasharatham'' is widely regarded as one of the best films from the writer-director duo Lohithadas-Sibi Malayil. Lohithadas won the [[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards|Kerala Film Critics Award]] for Best Scriptwriter. ''Dasharatham'' was the first [[Malayalam film]] officially dubbed and released in [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]]. It released in Marathi as '''''Mazaa Mulga''''' (Meaning: My son).<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rjKnixATM</ref>

==Plot==

Rajiv Menon ([[Mohanlal]]) is born into riches and is an alcoholic with absolutely no aim in life. With no parents to guide him and with the family business being run by a trusted manager Pillai ([[Karamana Janardanan Nair]]), Rajiv is free to waste his life and money on drinks and debauchery. A close friend Scariah ([[Nedumudi Venu]]) with his wife and children come over to stay at Rajiv's palatial house for a week. Soon Rajiv gets attached to one of Scariah's children and decides that he wants to have a child of his own, but neither does he want to get married nor does he want to adopt a baby.

One of his good friends, guide and philosopher Dr. Hameed ([[Sukumaran]]), advises Rajiv to find a surrogate for artificial insemination. They come across a former football player Chandradas ([[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]) who is in dire need of money for an operation, his wife Annie ([[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]) agrees to give birth to Rajiv's child through artificial insemination. Both Chandradas and Annie aren't happy about the decision – it's clearly a desperate solution to their financial needs.

At first Annie just wants to get over with the 9-month pregnancy period, hand over the baby and move on with life. The usually rash and immature Rajiv is now a changed man, reading up books on pregnancy, childbirth and making sure that Annie stays in an atmosphere that is cheerful, beautiful and is taken care of by nurses, provided with the best diet and so on to ensure the birth of a healthy and happy baby. He is completely taken up by the thought of having a child, the thought of finally having someone he can call his own. But by the time of the child's birth Annie gets emotionally attached to the life that is taking shape in her womb and refuses to part with the baby.

Finally Rajiv hands over the child to Annie. In the climax, Rajiv asks the maid Maggie ([[Sukumari]]), whether every mother has an attachment to her child like Annie has. Rajiv asks Maggie if she can love him as if she would her own son. Maggie is dumbfounded while Rajiv walks off emotionally distraught and in tears without waiting for an answer.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Mohanlal]] as Rajiv Menon
* [[Rekha (Tamil actress)|Rekha]] as Annie
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Chandradas
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Scariah
* [[Sukumaran]] as Dr. Hameed
* [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Manager Pillai
* [[Sukumari]] as Maggie
* [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Chandradas's mother
* [[Jayabharathi]] as Dr. Zeenath
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Mariyamma
* [[M. S. Thripunithura]] as Adv. Govindan
* [[Kollam Thulasi]] as Advocate
* [[Jagannathan (actor)|Jagannathan]] as Sankaran Nair
* [[Vineeth Kumar]] as Jose
* [[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as office staff
* Ajay Mathias as Baby
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Artist(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Poovachal Khader]]
| all_music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]

| title1 = Chinchilam Thenmozhi
| extra1 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]

| title2 = Mandaara Cheppundo
| note2 = [[Udayaravichandrika|Shuddha Dhanyasi]]
| extra2 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0237138}}
* [https://archive.is/20130218001941/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6214/dasharatham.html Dasharatham at OneIndia]
* [http://www.myworldofmovies.in/2013/04/all-time-favorites-dasharatham.html All Time Favorites Dasharatham]

{{Sibi Malayil}}

[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sibi Malayil]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by A. K. Lohithadas]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films about surrogacy]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]

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