Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala is a 1998 Malayalam movie directed by Sreenivasan in which he stars with Tamil actress Sangeetha, along with supporting actors Thilakan and Innocent. The movie is a humourous portrayal of a rather grim tale of an irresponsible husband and his neglected family. A typical Sreenivasan satire, the movie was well received in Kerala. Sreenivasan is from Patyam, Tellicherry. ... Sreenivasan is from Patyam, Tellicherry. ... Sreenivasan is from Patyam, Tellicherry. ... Thilakan , one of the senior artists in malayalam cinema like Nedumudi venu is one among the best indian movie had ever seen. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം) is the major language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Sreenivasan is from Patyam, Tellicherry. ... Tamil may refer to: The Tamil language, which is one of the Dravidian languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ... Thilakan , one of the senior artists in malayalam cinema like Nedumudi venu is one among the best indian movie had ever seen. ... Sreenivasan is from Patyam, Tellicherry. ... List of famous Keralites Districts of Kerala Local Body Election in Kerala External links Government of Kerala Chief Minister of Kerala Kerala Tourism Kerala Trivia Poorams Pachakam Categories: | | ...

Characters

Vijayan - Sreenivasan
Shyamala - Sangeetha
Karunan - Thilakan
Achuthan Nair - Innocent
"The Headmaster" - Nedumudi Venu
Usman - Mammukoya
Johnnykutty - Siddique
Sreenivasan is from Patyam, Tellicherry. ... Thilakan , one of the senior artists in malayalam cinema like Nedumudi venu is one among the best indian movie had ever seen. ... Nedumudi Venu is a Malayalam film actor. ...

The Film

Vijayan, the village school master, believes that his degree in economics is sufficient for him to succeed in the various business ventures he undertakes. Taking long leaves of absence from work, he roams around with his various schemes, all of which turn out to be downright failures.

The movie opens with a light portrayal of the misery of his wife Shyamala, and their two daughters, with Vijayan away on his latest venture - an attempt to shoot a short ad film. It ends, predictably, with Vijayan taking to his heels, when it is apparent that he has never seen a film being shot in his life before. Karunan Mash, Vijayan's father, as a last resort to reform his son, suggests that Vijayan make the annual pilgrimage to the Hindu hilltop temple Sabarimala. Despite his initial protests, Vijayan makes his pilgrimage, undertaking the customary forty-day fasting and abstinence. Look up AD, ad-, and ad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Hindu is an adherent of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural systems of Bharat (India) and Nepal. ... Sabarimala is a pilgrim centre in Kerala in the western Ghat mountain ranges of India. ... Fasting is the act of willingly abstaining from all food and in some cases drink, for a period of time. ... Abstinence is the act or habit of refraining from some tempting activity, usually sex, but also other activities such as alcohol or food consumption. ...

Sabarimala changes him, and upon his return from his pilgrimage, his family discovers to their dismay that matters have swung to the other extreme. Vijayan takes faith to his heart, embraces vegetarianism and adopts a life of prayer, frugality and abstinence, eventually forsaking his debt-ridden family for a life at an ashram. His version of ashram life is one of round-the-clock prayer and an escape from daily responsibilities and work - which doesn't go well the other inmates. He soon finds himself unwelcome there, and returns to his home, to discover his family now reasonably well-off from a small business his wife started soon after he left. Sabarimala is a pilgrim centre in Kerala in the western Ghat mountain ranges of India. ... Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat, poultry, fish or their by-products, with or without the use of dairy products or eggs [2]. The exclusion may also extend to products derived from animal carcasses, such as lard, tallow, gelatin, rennet and cochineal and fungi, such as mushrooms. ... Prayer is an effort to communicate with God, or to some deity or deities, or another form of spiritual entity, or otherwise, either to offer praise, to make a request, or simply to express ones thoughts and emotions. ... Frugality, (also known as thrift or thriftiness), and often incorrectly confused with cheapness or miserliness, is a traditional value, life style, or belief system, in which individuals are both restrained in acquiring and in resourcefully using economic goods and services in order to achieve longer and more fulfilling goals. ... Abstinence is the act or habit of refraining from some tempting activity, usually sex, but also other activities such as alcohol or food consumption. ... Ashrams in ancient India were Hindu hermitages where sages lived in peace and tranquility amidst nature. ...

This was Sreenivasan's second directorial effort and won critical and commercial success and further established his position in Malayalam Cinema as a gifted comedian and screenwriter. Malayalam cinema, or movies in Malayalam language, forms a significant component of the Cinema of India, both as a form of art and as mass medium. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ...

Links

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377643/