''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' ( is a 2013 Indian Malayalam–language

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

written and directed by

Aneesh Anwar Aneesh Anwar is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist who works in Malayalam films. Early life Anwar was born in Thalassery, Kerala. He completed his schooling in Jawaharlal Nehru GHSS, Mahe and graduated from Mahatma College ...

. The film narrates the incidents in the life of a

gynaecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pre ...

, ''Dr.Zacharia'', and five women who come into his life. Lal appears as the gynaecologist while

Rima Kallingal Rima Kallingal is an Indian actress and film producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. Early life and work Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Kallingal began practising dancing when she was three years old. A dancer by professio ...

Sanusha Sanusha Santhosh is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. She started her career as a child artist to leading actress and supporting character roles. She also appears in some Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films too. Ear ...

, Geetha,

Asha Sarath Asha Sharath is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows in addition to a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She is most known for her role as Geetha Prabhakar in the ''Drishya ...

, and

Sandra Thomas Sandra Thomas is an Indian film producer and actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Amen'' and '' Zachariayude Garbhinikal'', also as the producer of ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' and '' Philips and the Monkey Pen''. Sandra, along with ...

play the roles of five pregnant women. Vijay Babu, Sandra Thomas, and Sandra's father, Thomas Joseph Pattathanam, produced this film under the banner of

Friday Film House Friday Film House Pvt Ltd is an Indian film production company based in Malayalam film industry owned by Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976), Vijay Babu who is an actor as well as a producer and is one of the most talked about production houses in th ...

.Parvathy Nambidi (23 April 2013)
"Zachariyayude Garbhinikal (Malayalam)"
''The New Indian Express''. Retrieved 2 June 2013. The film started production in May 2013 in

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. The music track of a song in the film, "Veyil Chilla", became popular. The song has a similarity to

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' theme " Conquest of Paradise". The film had a relatively new composer duo, Vishnu and Sharath, son and nephew of musician

Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara (born 30 May 1959) is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Mal ...

. The

background score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

of the film was composed by Prashant Pillai. The film won four awards at

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

of 2013. Lal bagged Best Actor for the portrayal of Dr. Zacharia,

won Best Story and Special Jury Award for Best Director, and

won Special Jury Mention for her performance as ''Zaira.''

Plot

The film narrates the incidents in the life of a

and five women who come into his life, each with unconventional/illegitimate pregnancies. Lal acts as the gynaecologist and

does the role of doctor's wife.

plays the role of an eighteen-year-old girl who refuses to abort her child and reveal the child's father. In the end, she gives her baby to the

and his wife who don't have children of their own. After a few months, she visits the doctor's house and leaves him a book. From reading one of the stories in the book that she specially marked, he figures out that she bore her father's child.

Rima Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is the fictional heroine of W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest''. In it, Rima, a primitive girl of the shrinking rain forest of South America, meets Abel, a pol ...

's character is Fathima, a nurse, while Geetha plays an elderly woman who gets pregnant through

artificial insemination Artificial insemination is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female's cervix or uterine cavity for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse. It is a fertility treatment ...

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sr ...

appears as Ajmal who has strong feelings for Fathima. However, due to their height difference, he is unable to confide his love for her.

plays the role of another expectant woman who bears her boyfriend's child, and she wants to deliver only if her husband dies.

Joy Mathew Joy Mathew (born 20 September 1961) is an Indian film and theatre actor. He is also a film director, playwright and screenwriter. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Career Joy Mathew is best known for playing the lead role in John Ab ...

acts as her husband.

Cast

Controversy

The film courted controversy for showing animation in the climax scene based on Padmarajan's short story, "Moovanthy". Following a complaint against the makers for copyright infringement, the court issued an order prohibiting the satellite telecast of the movie."Mollywood's brush with controversies"
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References

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