Director: Sibi Malayil; Cinematographer: Venu; Cast: Mohanlal, Rekha Mallick, Muralee, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sukumari, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumaran
Duration: 02:30:09; Aspect Ratio: 1.208:1; Hue: 19.450; Saturation: 0.156; Lightness: 0.336; Volume: 0.047; Cuts per Minute: 6.739
Summary: The rich bachelor Rajiv Menon (Mohanlal)
resolves to stay single when his mother
deserts his father. However, when a friend
(Venu) brings his family over for the vacation,
Rajiv discovers that he likes the company of
children and asks his friend to let him adopt
one of his. When the friend refuses, Rajiv,
wanting to avoid marriage at all costs,
advertises for a womb that he might artificially
inseminate. Annie (Rekha) agrees to mother a
child, mainly to pay for the medical expenses
of her paralysed sportsman-husband.
However, when the baby is born, she refuses
to hand it over, although her now recovered
and jealous husband insists that she do so.
Annie now has a trilemma as she has to face
her husband’s feelings, her responsibilities to
the child and her contract with Rajiv.
Eventually Rajiv surrenders his rights to the
child. The often witty situations and fine
performances do not compensate for the
oppressive representations of a woman’s
‘duty’ and ‘instinct’.
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