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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Eakantham<br />
| image = Ekantham.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Cover of the film's script<br />
| director = [[Madhu Kaithapram]]<br />
| producer = Antony Joseph<br />
| writer = [[Alankode Leelakrishnan]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Thilakan]]|[[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]}}<br />
| music = {{Unbulleted_list|'''Songs:'''<br>[[Kaithapram Viswanathan]]|'''Lyrics:'''<br>[[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]]|'''Score:'''<br>[[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]}}<br />
| cinematography = M. J. Radhakrishnan<br />
| editing = Venugopal<br />
| studio = Rubens Media International<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|08|10}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| budget = {{INR|35 lakhs}}<ref name="interview"/><br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Eakantham''''' ({{lang-en|Loneliness}}) is a [[List of Malayalam films of 2006|2006]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[feature film]] directed by [[Madhu Kaithapram]], who made his debut.<ref name="interview">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080706175617/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/07/04/stories/2008070450640300.htm "Beginner's luck"]</ref> The film stars veteran actors [[Thilakan]] and [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]. It tells the story of two brothers who suffer from isolation and loneliness in their old age. It received critical praise and won many awards including two [[National Film Awards]] and a [[Kerala State Film Award]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Achutha Menon ([[Thilakan]]) and Ravunni Menon ([[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]) are brothers who part ways when they were young. However, they mend fences when age catches up with them and become thick friends. Achutha Menon is shattered by the demise of his wife who had stood by him through thick and thin for the last 40 years. Ravunni Menon's woes are worse; after the death of his wife, his children neglect him. Ravunni Menon is also suffering from a terminal illness. The film ends on an emotional note.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080111053404/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/27/stories/2007032700050200.htm "Woes of old age"]</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Thilakan]] as Achutha Menon<br />
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Ravunni Menon<br />
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Velayudhan<br />
* [[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Dr. Sunny<br />
* [[Madhupal]]<br />
* [[Meera Vasudev]] as Dr. Sophy<br />
* [[Bindu Panicker]]<br />
* Roslin as Velayudhan's mother<br />
* Shobha Mohan as Mother Superior<br />
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==Awards==<br />
; [[National Film Awards]] (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/jun/54th_nfa.pdf | title=54th National Film Awards, 2006}}</ref><br />
* [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] - Madhu Kaithapram<br />
* [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]] - Thilakan<br />
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; [[Kerala State Film Awards]] (2006)<ref>[http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa06.htm "Kerala State Film Awards - 2006"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144257/http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa06.htm |date=13 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury Award)|Special Jury Award]] - Madhu Kaithapram<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Music by [[Kaithapram Viswanathan]] and Lyrics by [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]].<br />
* Kaiyyethum Doore Oru Kuttikkalam - [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDB title|1102204}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best First Film of a Director}}<br />
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[[Category:2006 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Madhu Kaithapram]]<br />
[[Category:Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners]]<br />
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