''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' () is a 1986 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

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film directed by

Sathyan Anthikkad Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter ...

and written by

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such a ...

from a story by Anthikkad. The film stars

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

, Karthika,

and M. G. Soman. The film features songs composed by Jerry Amaldev and background score by Shyam. The film was released on October 31, 1995 during

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. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It was remade by I. V. Sasi in Tamil as '' Illam'' (1988), in Telugu as '' Donga Kollu'' (1988), in

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as '' Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar'' (2001) and twice in Kannada as ''Yardo Duddu Yellammana Jatre'' (2003) and ''Ananda Nilaya'' (2003). Mohanlal won his 1st Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam.

Plot

The story revolves around a short tempered and domineering house owner, Gopalakrishna Panikkar, who is struggling with debt incurred during the wedding of his two sisters. He needs to force his tenants to vacate so that the house can be sold and the debt repaid. The tenants do not want to leave for reasons of their own. The only way Gopalakrishnan can escape from certain bankruptcy is to sell the property he owns in the city and use the proceeds to settle his debts. To do that, he has to evict his tenants from there first. Unfortunately for him, his tenant is the feisty Meera and her family, who absolutely refuses to vacate the house. Gopalakrishnan uses an obscure clause in the contract to take up residence at the house, and tries his best to smoke his tenants out and takes help of his friend, Sub-Inspector Rajendran (Sreenivasan) to evict them. But Rajendran falls in love with Meera and refuses to evict her. Gopalakrishnan plans on Rajendran to marry Meera in order to evict her with her family, but fails when it is revealed by Meera's mother that she was a mental patient due to the death of her father. Much hilarity ensues later and Meera at last, on knowing about the extent of Gopalakrishnan's problems, vacates the house without reservations and leaves. But Gopalakrishnan calls her back and decides that this will be their house.

Cast

as Gopalakrishna Panikkar, the film protagonist and short tempered house owner * Karthika as Meera, the feisty daughter *

as Sub-Inspector K. Rajendran *

K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha (10 March 1947 – 22 February 2022), was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Considered one of the greatest ...

as Karthyayani * Mammukoya as Ummer *

Thilakan Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appeara ...

as Damodaran / Damodar Ji * Innocent as Kunji Kannan Nair *

Sankaradi Paravoor memana Kanakku Chembakaraman Parameswaran Chandrashekara Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi (14 July 1924 – 8 October 2001), was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 70 ...

as Adv. P. Sreedharan Nair *

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as Panikkar's mother *

Thodupuzha Vasanthi Thodupuzha Vasanthi was an Indian actress who acted mainly in Malayalam films. She appeared in over 450 movies and also in 16 tele-serials and 100 plays. She was a theater artist, before starting with small roles in movies. Her first full lengt ...

as Ayisha *Yadu Krishnan as Monukuttan, Meera's brother *Sumitha Rahim as Deepa, Meera's sister * M. G. Soman as Rajendran's uncle / Poomkinavu Ammavan

Production

The film was shot in and around a house named "Chakyathu" situated near Mahatma Gandhi Road in

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. Most of the story revolves around the house. The filming in the house was completed in 27 days. After the success of ''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'', the house has become a location for many films.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Jerry Amaldev and the lyrics were written by

Mullanezhi Mullanezhi Neelakandan Namboothiri (16 May 1948 – 22 October 2011), known mononymously as Mullanezhi, was an Indian poet, playwright, lyricist and actor from Thrissur. He was awarded the Nalapadan Award (Nalapaddan Memorial Cultural Socie ...

. Shyam composed the

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Reception and remakes

The film was a critical and commercial success.Article about the film in ''Deepika''
It was later remade in Telugu as '' Donga Kollu'' (1988) with Rajendra Prasad and Sumalatha, in Tamil as '' Illam'' (1988) with

Sivakumar Palaniswamy Gounder (born 27 October 1941), better known by his stage name Sivakumar, is an Indian visual artist and former actor who has appeared in Tamil cinema and television. He made his acting debut in '' Kaakum Karangal'' (1965) and has ...

and Amala, in Kannada as ''Yardo Duddu Yellammana Jatre'' (2003) with

Jaggesh Eshwar Gowda (born 17 March 1963), known professionally as Jaggesh, is an Indian politician, film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in Kannada cinema. Known for his roles in comedy films, he is popular by the moniker Navarasa Naya ...

and once again in Kannada as ''Ananda Nilaya'' (2003) and in Hindi as '' Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar'' (2001) directed by

and starring

Sunil Shetty Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, and entrepreneur, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema, with appearances in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Nicknamed as Anna, Shetty ha ...

in the lead role.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0292220
''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' at Malayalachalachithram

''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' at Malayalasangeetham
1986 films Films scored by Jerry Amaldev 1980s Malayalam-language films 1980s romantic comedy-drama films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Kochi Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad Malayalam films remade in other languages 1986 comedy-drama films