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Dasharatham is a film of genre Drama directed by Sibi Malayil with Mohanlal

Dasharatham (1989)

Dasharatham
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Length 2h34
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Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating84% 4.2381554.2381554.2381554.2381554.238155

Dasharatham (Malayalam:ദശരഥം) is a 1989 Malayalam drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Rekha, Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumaran, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Jayabharathi. The music was composed by Johnson. The film deals with the subject of artificial insemination.

A. K. Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Scriptwriter. This is widely regarded as one of the best films from the Lohithadas-Sibi Malayil team. Vava and Unni etan also met because of a song from this movie.

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