Akashadoothu is a 1993 Indian Malayalam family drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Dennis Joseph, with Madhavi and Murali in the lead roles. The film tells the tale of a woman suffering from leukemia. The plot of the film was inspired from the 1983 American film Who Will Love My Children?.
The film was critically acclaimed and became a blockbuster and was the highest grossing Malayalam film at the time of release. The film ran for over 365 days in theatres. One of the most influential melodramas of the 1990s in Malayalam, the film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. Madhavi won Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The film was remade in Telugu as Matrudevobhava, in Kannada as Karulina Koogu, in Marathi as Chimani Pakhare and in Hindi as Tulsi.
A serial on Surya TV with the same name Akashadoothu was made as a sequel to the film. The film achieved cult status in the years following its release and regarded as one of the best emotional drama films in Malayalam cinema.
The story revolves around Johnny and Annie, a married couple who had both grown up together in an orphanage. They fell in love and got married. The couple have four children; the eldest being a teenage girl named Meenu, twin boys Rony and Tony, and the youngest Monu, a toddler. Rony and Tony are about 8 years old and are very close to each other. Rony is physically handicapped. Johnny is a jeep driver by profession and Annie a violin teacher. Though the family struggles to live and make ends meet, they lead a happy life together, except for the moments when Johnny, a recurrent alcoholic spends most of his daily earnings at the local toddy shop. During an altercation between Johnny and the local milk delivery man Keshavan, the latter is humiliated in front of his family. Keshavan therefore decides to take revenge on Johnny.
Madhavi as Annie
Murali as Johnny
Seena Antony as Meenu
Ben K Alexander as Monu
Martin Korah as Rony
Joseph Antony as Tony
Kuthiravattam Pappu as Chaandy
Prem Prakash as Doctor
Subair as Dr.David
Nedumudi Venu as Fr.Vattappara
Jagathy Sreekumar as Chemmachen
Jose Prakash as Father
Aaranmulla Ponnamma as Annaamma
Thikkurissy
Suvarna Mathew as Mini
KPAC Lalitha as Annaamma's sister
N. F. Varghese as Paalkkaran (Milkman) Keshavan
Jose Pellissery as Vargese
Bindu Panicker as Marikungu
Indrans as Driver
Awards
#Akashadoothu #AkashadoothuMovieScenes #Mukesh#Madhavi#EmpireVideo #NedumudiVenu
Click here to watch:
For more Malayalam Movie Scenes : rb.gy/yuuajj
For more Malayalam Movie Songs : rb.gy/pnkdat
Malayalam Full Movie Scene : rb.gy/si4tnm
Akashadoothu Malayalam Movie Scenes :rb.gy/t8annj
PuthiyaKarukkal Malayalam Movie Scenes : rb.gy/bevyvf
Varnapakittu Malayalam Movie Scene : rb.gy/kntymr
Changatham Movie Scene : rb.gy/z8ilss
Enjoy the best of Malayalam movies & Malayalam Songs now on Empire Digital : rb.gy/qfopvl
Enjoy our Empire Production Channel Empire O tales : rb.gy/hlkfgy
For Christian Devotional Songs now on : rb.gy/jl9gt1
Enjoy the best of Kids channels now on : rb.gy/nnugge