Adaminte Vaariyellu
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Directed byK. G. George
Written byKallikad Ramachandran
K. G. George
Produced byVincent Chittilappally
StarringSrividya
Suhasini
Venu Nagavalli
Mammootty
CinematographyRamachandra Babu
Edited byM. N. Appu
Music byM. B. Srinivasan
Distributed byGandhimathi Films
Release date
  • 21 April 1984 (1984-04-21)
Running time
142 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Adaminte Vaariyellu (transl. Adam's Rib) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by K. G. George, starring Mammootty, Srividya, Suhasini and Soorya. The film handles issues of women, and is considered as one of the best classics in the Malayalam film industry.[1][2]

Plot

Vasanthi has to mother three generations of her family in addition to her daytime job. She finds liberation by escaping into madness and a mental asylum. Alice is married to a ruthless businessman and seeks solace in affairs. When she is refused a divorce, she commits suicide. When both the middle-class women prefer self-destruction as their way to liberation, the third, a brutally exploited housemaid, Ammini ends up in a home for women, but later helps all the inmates of this home to break out of the suffocating atmosphere of the home to freedom.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. B. Sreenivasan and the lyrics were written by O. N. V. Kurup.[3]

SongSingersLyrics
"Kanneeraattil Mungi"Selma GeorgeO. N. V. Kurup

References

  1. ↑ Menon, Neelima (8 March 2022). "Revisiting KG George's Adaminte Variyellu — A nuanced film on real, flawed women trapped in patriarchy". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Suresh, Anandu (29 September 2023). "The anatomy of KG George's Adaminte Variyellu: Exposing hypocrisies of Malayali patriarchal society". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "ആദാമിന്റെ വാരിയെല്ല് (1984)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
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