Thazhvaram

<p>Balan is in search of Raju, and the search takes him to a remote village in a valley. Balan reaches a house in the hills where he is welcomed wholeheartedly by Nanu, the house owner, and Kochutty, his daughter. Balan realizes that Raju stays with them as Raghavan. Balan learns that Nanu has helped Raju start farming and that Nanu intends to have his daughter marry Raju. Balan decides to wait for Raghavan / Raju. Raju, on his arrival, smells his enemy. The story progresses with the two having to pretend before Nanu and Kochutty that they are good friends. The film cuts to a flashback, where Raju and Balan are close friends. He, in greed for money, killed Balan’s wife, Raji, on their wedding night and ran away with Balan’s hard-earned money. Balan is now back in search of Raju to avenge the death of his wife. Raju attacks Balan in one of the numerous encounters the duo has and almost kills him. Balan survives the attack to save Nanu and his daughter from Raghavan. This is Bharathan’s second film with after in 1988. This is the second collaboration of and after . , Sasi Menon, and Gayathri Ashokan did the poster designs. The soundtrack of this film had only one song composed by himself to the lines written by and rendered by . Upon release, the film, initially a slow starter, garnered widespread positive reviews and became a success both critically and commercially. The camera work of is considered the highlight of the film. The film is considered a cult classic in Malayalam and the performance of is said to be one of his best in his acting career by the critics.</p>