Sthithi (English: Plight) is a 2003 Malayalam feature film written and directed by R. Sarath. The film tells the tale of a couple employed in the Secretariat. It stars Unni Menon, Nandini Ghosal, Master Achuth, Master Anand Pillay and Mallika Sukumaran. It is playback singer Unni Menon's debut film as an actor. He also composed a couple of songs for the film. Bengali actress and Odissi dancer, Nandini Ghosal plays the female lead. Master Anand Pillay who played the role of their son, hails from Thiruvananthapuram, and is a famous quizzer and quizmaster who had participated in the TV show Kuttikalodano Kali

Plot

Vivek and Vani are Kerala Government Secretariat employees. They live in a modest house on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram together with their two children. Their lives change when under threat of job losses, the trade unions call for strike action whilst at the same time their landlord asks them to leave.

Cast

• Unni Menon as Vivek
• Nandini Ghosal as Vani (Voice By Praveena)
• Master Achuth as Raman
• Master Anand Pillay as Vishwam
• Mallika Sukumaran as Sakundala nair
• C. K. Babu as Pattom Syleshwaran
• Vellayambalam Gopalakrishnan as Narayana Pillai
• Sreelatha as Mary
• Remya Nambeesan as Remya
• Vinu Abraham as Sajan
• Kollam Devarajan as PT teacher
• Ratna Purushothaman as Devaki
• Jayaraj Warrier as Devan
• Sandhya Rajendran as Devi
• Leena Nair as Anamika

Soundtrack

Music: M. Jayachandran, Unni Menon, Sunny Viswanath
Lyrics: Prabha Varma, Priya Viswanath

• "Oru Chembaneer" - Unni Menon
• "Odalenna" - Sujatha Mohan
• "Let's Wipe The Tears" - Gayatri Asokan, Maya Karta

References

External links

• Sthithi at IMDb
• "Sthithi". The Hindu. 14 October 2002. Archived from the original on 4 November 2002. Retrieved 17 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• "Sthithi". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2011.