''Saandram'' (സാന്ദ്രം, Lit. ''Dense'') is a 1990 Indian

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film, directed and produced by

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and Ashokan. It stars

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, Parvathy,

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, and

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in the lead roles. The film has a musical score by

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Plot

The Poulose family which comes to Ooty on vacation, befriends a newly married couple, Sreeraman and Indulekha, staying next door on their honeymoon. The couple looks happy on the outside, but the wife has problems underneath the surface. When the local Circle Inspector makes a visit, it is revealed that a psychopath Unni is after Indulekha's life. Unni was Indulekha's ex-lover who had been comatose for over a year and a half after a fatal accident with no hope of recovery. Her parents had forced her into a reluctant marriage with Sreeraman. However, Unni made a miraculous recovery but with a mental imbalance which leaves him with no sense of time. He is deluded into thinking that he was hospitalized only for a few days and Indu had married betraying him. He also believes that his accident was her doing, making him go for her life now. In the end, after a huge fight with Sreeraman, Unni is shot dead by Poulose just before he almost stabs Indulekha.

Cast

as Sreeraman * Parvathy as Indulekha Sreeraman *

as Poulose Anammottil * Kalpana as Anna Poulose *

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as Caesar *Master Badusha as Ukkru Poulose *Master Twinku as Kariya Poulose * Praseetha as Sofiya Poulose * N. L. Balakrishnan as Balakrishnan *

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as Abdu/Abdulla * Sai Kumar as Unnikrishnan *

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as Markosekutty *

as Circle Inspector Hari * Ranjini – Cameo Appearance as the Circle Inspector's partner

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, and the lyrics were written by

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References

External links

* 1990 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Indian psychological thriller films Films shot in Ooty Films scored by Johnson {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub