Connection
Rasathanthram is a film of genre Drama directed by Sathyan Anthikad with Mohanlal
Rasathanthram (2006)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listDirected by Sathyan Anthikad
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Rating65%
Rasathanthram (Malayalam : രസതന്ത്രം, English : Chemistry) is a 2006 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, starring Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. Other actors include Bharath Gopi, KPAC Lalitha, Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Mamukkoya. Director Sathyan Anthikkad got the Mathrubhumi Best Director award for this film. Music director Ilayaraja scored the music. It completed 150 days run in various centres it released.
Synopsis
Premachandran (Mohanlal) is a carpenter who lives along with his father, Balan Master (Bharath Gopi), and works along with his friend, Manikandan (Innocent). They are now working on a house near the house of a rich landlord. Kanmani (Meera Jasmine), who was sold by her mother, works in that house as a servant and is ill-treated. Seethamma (KPAC Lalitha) lives along with her daughter, Kumari (Muthumani), who has a liking towards Premachandran. One night, Premachandran goes to his workplace to take his tools. He sees Kanmani leaving the house and is puzzled. He follows her. She was on the verge of committing suicide when Premachandran rescues her. He gives her shelter in one room in a building owned by Chettiyar (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), telling Chettiyar that his friend did not get the bus to go back home. Kanmani dresses up as a boy by the name of Velayuthan Kutty and soon starts working with Manikandan and Premachandran. Balan Master starts liking the disguised boy. One day, Premachandran tells Kanmani that he has planned to rescue her by sending her to Tamil Nadu to work in a banian company where Premachandran's friend is working. Kanmani refueses to go. Premachandran accidentally confesses to Manikandan that Velayuthan Kutty is actually the missing Kanmani. Manikandan has no peace and shouts out the truth in the middle of the night. Two policemen, accidentally hear this and take Premachandran and Kanmani into custody.Actors
Mohanlal
(Premachndran)
Meera Jasmine
(Kanmani)
Bharath Gopi
(Balan Master)
Innocent
(Manikandan Aashari)
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
(Seethamma)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Rasathanthram
There are 871 films with the same actors, 55 films with the same director, 87293 with the same cinematographic genres (including 11889 with exactly the same 2 genres than Rasathanthram), 7309 films with the same themes (including 186 films with the same 6 themes than Rasathanthram), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Rasathanthram, you will probably like those similar films :
Achuvinte Amma (2005)
, 2h10Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama
Actors Urvashi, Meera Jasmine, Narain, Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Rating68%
Achuvinte Amma is a movie that tells the deep rooted relation between a mother, Vanaja (Uravashi) and a daughter Achu (Meera Jasmine). Vanaja is a street smart LIC agent who has made it on her own. She lives with her only daughter Aswathy alias Achu who holds a diploma in Civil Engineering. Mother and daughter share a special relationship and are like friends. There is nothing that Achu hides from her mother. But the only thing taboo in their life is the talk about her father. Vanaja never speaks about Achu's father and Achu never asks her as she doesn't want to hurt her beloved mother.
Vinodayathra (2007)
Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Dileep, Mukesh, Meera Jasmine, Innocent, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Parvathy
Rating70%
It is the story of a good natured but irresponsible young man, Vinod (Dileep) who comes to a hilly village live with his elder sister Vimala (Seetha) and brother in law, Shaji (Mukesh). Shaji is an engineer at the irrigation department and Vinod wants to learn life from him, but end up creating problems for Shaji.
Varavelpu (1989)
, 2h25Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Revathi, Murali, Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Thilakan
Rating80%
The movie is about a young Keralite who returns to his home state of Kerala after 7 long years of toil in the Gulf. He now plans to settle in his native town, with whatever savings he managed over the years. The movie traces his plight as he ventures to spend the rest of his life running a bus in a state where employee strikeouts are a common day-to-day event. How he finally has to return to the Gulf losing everything, for another coming (welcome) forms the crux of the movie.
Innathe Chintha Vishayam (2008)
Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mohanlal, Meera Jasmine, Innocent, Mukesh, Sukanya, Mohini
Rating53%
Dr .Murali Krishanan (Mukesh), the most successful dentist in the city is more interested in having female associations, more than often. He hides them from his wife Teresa (Sukanya), even by assigning male names for them in his mobile. One fine day he is in a tight corner with his wife raiding his mobile contacts, and for evading the conflicts associated, he walks out of her life even leaving his daughter Lakshmi (Baby Nivedita) .
Sasneham (1990)
Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama
Actors Balachandra Menon, Shobana, Innocent, Sukumari, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Rating72%
Thomaskutty who hails from a conservative Christian family gets married to a typical Tamil Brahmin girl, Saraswathy. They are left alone by their respective families for this reason. But both the families unite when a baby girl is born to the couples. The later part of the film deals with the problems faced by Thomaskutty and Saraswathy when their families start fighting even on petty issues.
, 2h20Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Mohanlal, Thilakan, Karthika, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Sankaradi
Rating78%
The story revolves around a 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. How the various situations unfold and what happens to Gopalakrishna Panikker and the tenants is what the movie is all about.
Revathikkoru Pavakkutty (1986)
Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama
Actors Bharath Gopi, Mohanlal, Radha, Menaka G, Lissy, Sukumari
Rating68%
Revathi's (Lizy) parents separated when she was young; she was raised by her mother who taught her that her father (Bharath Gopi) was a bad man. Years later, while on his deathbed, her father makes a last wish to see his daughter. Revathi refuses to go, so her orphan friend Susanna (Radha) goes in her place to fulfill his wish. Revathi's father is very happy to be with Susanna, thinking she is Revathy but Susanna dies. Finally Revathy returns home after the death of Susanna, but her visit fails to move a grief-stricken father.
Snehaveedu (2011)
, 2h30Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Sheela, Padmapriya, Biju Menon, Innocent, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Rating58%
The story revolves around Ajayan (Mohanlal), who, after having tried his luck in different cities around the world, comes back to his village to look after his ageing mother Ammukutty Amma (Sheela) and to get her love and the nostalgia of his growing up years. There, he starts a company for producing agricultural equipment and earns his living as a farmer. One day a boy comes and meets Ajayan claiming to be his son. Ajayan used to boast himself as a womanizer in his youth is believed to be the boy's father by all villagers. Ammukutty Amma starts getting to like the boy and they form a very friendly relation and eventually she starts accepting the boy as Ajayan's real son, though Ajayan ferociously reject the boy's claim and dislikes him. The boy is persuaded by Ammukkty Amma to get close with Ajayan and subsequent events softens Ajayans attitude towards the boy. Ajayan then set forth to enquire about the real identity of the boy and travels to Chennai. He is absolutely sure that he is not his father as the real truth is his stories about adventures with woman were actually lies to get admiration of his friends. The climax show us that Ajayan accepts the boy as his own son.
Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986)
, 2hDirected by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Rashin Rahman, Mohanlal, Thilakan, Sankaradi, Jose, Innocent
Rating67%
A singer Pappan (Rahman) is killed in a bike accident, but Yamaraj the Lord of Death (Thilakan) realizes that Pappan has a few more days to live. Yamarajan allows Pappan to enter into bodies of other dead people including that of Inspector Devdas (Mohanlal) in a bid to tell his girlfriend Sarina (Lizy) that Pappan is dead, and to look forward to someone else in life.
Gandhinagar 2nd Street (1986)
, 2h20Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Mohanlal, Seema, Karthika, Innocent, Sreenivasan, Thilakan
Rating76%
Madhavan (Sreenivasan) is trying to get a job for his unemployed friend Sethu (Mohanlal). When a spate of robberies takes place in a middle-class neighbourhood, Madhavan has Sethu pose as Raam Singh, a Nepali émigré, to fulfill the residents' need for a Gorkha security guard. A police officer (Thilakan) and his daughter (Karthika) move into the neighbourhood, bringing back memories from the past for Sethu.