Akkare

Akkare
Directed by	K. N. Sasidharan
Written by	PK Nandana Varma
Screenplay by	K. N. Sasidharan
Produced by	K. N. Sasidharan
Starring	Bharat Gopy Madhavi
Cinematography	Divakara Menon
Edited by	Venugopal
Music by	MB Sreenivasan
Production company	Soorya Rekha
Distributed by	Soorya Rekha
Release date	14 January 1984 (1984-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Akkare (transl. The Other Bank) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language film directed, written, and produced by K. N. Sasidharan. The film stars Bharath Gopi and Madhavi in lead roles, with Mammootty, Mohanlal, and Nedumudi Venu in guest roles.

Plot

Gopi lives a moderate life. He is a well-respected tahasildar and has no great difficulties in caring for his wife and children. Although life is not tumultuous and difficult, his wife remains unhappy and greedy, longing for a luxurious lifestyle. She believes the only way to achieve it is for Gopi to move his family to the Persian Gulf region. One day, a stranger from the Gulf, named Johnny, arrives at the place. His ways of making a living in the Gulf are not dealt with in detail, but it is assumed that he does not live a luxurious life there.

Because of his wife's compulsion, Gopi decides to meet Johnny to come up with a plan to move to the Gulf. There, with Johnny's advice, he starts learning how to type. Later, another person named Ismail also arrives from the Gulf. From Ismail, Gopi understands that typing does not provide good job opportunities as most of the companies are recruiting Arabs instead of foreigners. Ismail's father, being a tailor, naturally tells him tailors have better opportunities than typists.

Gopi's wife Padmavathi, meanwhile, compels him to learn sewing so that Ismail may help him get a visa. The tailor also seems to run a lewd business. One night, when the father is not at home, Gopi happens to come to the house and sways to the sexual advances of the daughter. He is caught by the local people, mistaking him for a thief while he is running from the house to catch a thief whom he sees passing by. Inside the police station, he is identified as the tahasildar, and the police let him go after taking him to the hospital. Now, Gopi has lost his prestige and good name in the society.

Later, his wife's brother, Sudhan, who also arrives from the Persian Gulf tells him about the real conditions abroad. According to him, a person who is willing to do almost all kinds of jobs, like that of a coolie, can get employment and survive in the Gulf. Gopi is disappointed to hear this news. The next day, he gets a letter informing him that he is suspended from his job because of the case against him. He imagines himself becoming a coolie carrying Johnny's luggage who, this time is returning from the Gulf. In the climax scene, Gopi is portrayed as a toy which drums when wound up, just like he had been doing whatever his wife says. This time, his wife is saying that Sudhan will arrange a visa next year, and he should do a manual job, if needed.

Cast

• Bharath Gopi as Gopi
• Madhavi as Padmavathi ( Voice dubbed by Kottayam Shantha )
• Mammootty as Ismail
• Mohanlal as Sudhan
• Nedumudi Venu as Johnny
• Sreenivasan
• Master Prasad Babu as Gopi's Son
• Baby Vandana as Gopi's Daughter
• Ranipadmini as Valsala
• V. K. Sreeraman

External links

• Akkare at IMDb