Sandhesam

Feb 4, 1991

2h 17m

★ 7.9

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Overview

After his retirement, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family is thwarted after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Evershine

Sandhesam Trailers

Cast

Raghavan Nair

Thilakan

Prabhakaran Kottappalli

Sreenivasan

K.P. Prakashan

Jayaram

Achuthan Nair

Oduvil Unnikrishnan

Bhanumathi

Kaviyoor Ponnamma

Lathika

Maathu

Udayabhanu

Siddique

Anandan

Mala Aravindan

Anandan's wife

KPAC Lalitha

K.G. Pothuval

Mamukkoya

Kumarapillai

Sankaradi

Yashwant Sahai

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