Thalavattam

After his girlfriends death, Vinods mental health deteriorates and he is sent to a mental hospital in Ooty, where he forms a bond with Dr. Savithri and his childhood friend Dr. Unnikrishnan; however, their relationship is opposed by Dr. Ravindran, who ultimately lobotomizes Vinod, leading to his death and causing Savithri to lose her sanity and become a patient in the same hospital. Thalavattam is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language Comedy Drama film starring Lizy, Mohanlal Viswanathan, Nedumudi Venu, M.g. Soman, Karthika Pkr Nair, Mukesh Babu and K.p.a.c. Sunny. The movie is based on One Flew Over The Cuckoo s Nest by Ken Kesey. Seven Arts Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) G. P. Vijayakumar. The film is written and directed by Priyadarshan Nair. Seven Arts Release acquired the distribution rights for the film. Thalavattam was released on 9th October 1986 and takes a screen time of 147 minutes. The movie made a box office gross of ₹1 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Priyadarshan. Cinematography was done by S. Kumar and editing by N. Gopalakrishnan. The music was composed by Raghu Kumar along with Rajamani and Johnson.