Sadanandante Samayam

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	K. J. Yesudas
3	Neeyarinjo	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
4	Omalaale	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
5	Oomalaale	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".