Sadanandante Samayam () is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film directed by Akbar-Jose, starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan. It was hit of the year at the box office.
Plot The movie is about Sadanandan, an ordinary school teacher and according to others, a good teacher. However, some problems always revolve around him concerning his lifestyle as he is a strong believer in astrology. If he does anything, it is according to the laws of astrology, and he cannot make a strong decision of his own as he mistrusts everything. His life takes a turn when an astrologer informs him that he will soon meet death. He panics and tries to do everything required for his wife Sumangala and daughter before he dies.
Cast
Dileep as Manakkapalli Sadanandan Kavya Madhavan as Sumangala, Sadanandan's wife Siddique as Sudhakaran, Sadanandan's elder brother Janardhanan as Sankara Menon, Sadanandan's uncle Cochin Haneefa as Headmaster Chacko Jagathy Sreekumar as Krishnanunni Sukumari as Kalyani, Sankara Menon's wife and Sadanandan's aunt Bindu Panicker as Devootty, Sudhakaran and Sadanandan's elder sister Dimple Rose as Young Devootty Salim Kumar as Gopalan, Sadanandan's friend Maya Vishwanath as Ramani, Sudhakaran's wife Sadiq as Adv. Gopinathan, Sumangala's elder brother and Sadanandan's brother-in-law Augustine as Divakaran, Sadanandan's brother-in-law Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Sadananda Menon, Sadanandan's grandfather and a noted astrologer T. P. Madhavan as Abdullah Master Reena as Sumangala and Gopinathan's mother Kalabhavan Shajohn as Beerankutty, Sadanandan's neighbour Narayanankutty as village drunkard Bhaskaran Machan Varghese as Insurance agent Joseph Jose Pellissery as Vaidyar Geetha Salam as Tea-shop owner Saithali Ambika Mohan as Nabeeesu, Beerankutty's wife Jija Surendran as Teacher Gayathri as Gopinathan's wife Beena Sabu as Vishukani Janu Nivia Rebin as the Muslim bride Nivedita as Kochammini Meena Ganesh as Vayattatti Ramankutty Varier As Astrologer Panicker Keerthana Anil as Soumya Mol, Sadanandan's daughter
Soundtrack The film's soundtrack was composed by Mohan Sithara, with lyrics penned by Yusufali Kechery.
# Song Singers 1 Janma Nakshathrame K. J. Yesudas 2 Nee Arinjo (M) K. J. Yesudas 3 Neeyarinjo (D) K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan 4 Omalaale (D) K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan 5 Oomalaale (M) K. J. Yesudas 6 Souparnnika V. Devanand 7 Tharivalakayyaalenne Mahadevan, Vidhu Prathap
Reception A critic from Nowrunning wrote that "There is nothing new in this Dileep starrer. It's just another mandatory comedy where Dileep tries the same things which we have seen thousand times". A critic from Chithram wrote that "On the whole unless Dileep pulls up his socks, his comedy act will turn out to be a great tragedy".
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