Ulladakkam


Ulladakkam is 1991 Indian Malayalam-language psychological thriller film directed by Kamal and written by P. Balachandran from a story by Cheriyan Kalpakavadi. It stars Mohanlal, Shobana and Amala. The film, produced by Suresh Balaje features a soundtrack composed by Ouseppachan. The plot follows a psychiatrist, Dr. Sunny and one of his patients, Reshma, who gets obsessed with him romantically, but Sunny is already engaged with Annie. The film explores the phenomenon of transference.
Upon release, it received critical acclaim and was also a commercial success at the box office. Ulladakkam is now regarded as one of the best films of Kamal. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Dubbing Artist. Amala won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam.

Plot

Dr Sunny is a psychiatrist who is engaged to his girlfriend Annie. One day a girl named Reshma is admitted to Sunny's hospital by her brother Roy, who is a close friend of Sunny. Gradually, Sunny finds out that she was traumatized after witnessing her boyfriend getting beaten to death by some of his colleagues. Sunny helps her to recover, but soon Reshma becomes obsessed with Sunny and falls in love with him.

Cast

composed the soundtrack for the film, to which the lyrics were written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The original soundtrack consisting four tracks was released by Ranjini Cassettes on 14 July 1991.

Reception

Upon release, it received critical acclaim and was also a commercial success at the box office. Ulladakkam is now regarded as one of the best films of Kamal.

Awards

;Kerala State Film Awards
;Filmfare Awards South
;Kerala Film Critics Association Awards