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Sadak (1991)
a beautiful romance
This is a beautifully crafted movie which also made some controversies at the time it was made, as the actress in the lead role was the director's daughter. But the cast was so well done that each of the characters got the perfect actor they can get for the role. The villain was not a 6 foot muscle man, but a eunuch played by sadashiv amrapurkar. The main role's background, his life and issues were portrayed well off and it was a heart touching romance to watch. Ravi (sanjay dutt) desperately tries to 'buy' pooja (pooja bhatt) from the hands of the vicious villains brothel, and the hardships he has to go through at each points can be literally experienced while watching the movie. It was both a hit at the time of release (credit goes to melodious songs), and also a heart touching romance.
Adharvam (1989)
classic
One of the classics of the very vivid malayalam movie industry is this movie which is a life portrait of a man , "anantha padmanabhan"("mammootty") born to an aristocratic brahmin father and a shudra mother, that quickly learns and masters all 3 Vedas and allied arts of it. but sadly he and family goes through a whole lot of trouble as the narrow minded brahmin community finds out that the man is in love with an aristocratic girl, which ends up in tragedy upon ananthan's family. to seek revenge for his mothers death, the man learns ancient mystic tantric rituals and the 4th Veda (generally related to sorcery and stuff). he puts a menace on the whole society using his powers that he gained over years and his dad's second son is send to save the society and the village from the clutches of this austere man inflicted with vengeance. the movie is a classic in the history of malayalam movies and was inspiration to other filmmakers causing similar movies in the genre.