Vartha

Vartha is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by P. V. Gangadharan. The film stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Rahman, Seema, Venu Nagavally, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Prathapachandran. The film has musical score by A. T. Ummer. The film was successful at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as Palaivana Rojakkal (1986), and in Hindi as Jai Shiv Shankar (1990), which never released.

Cast

 * Mammootty as Madhavan Kutty
 * Mohanlal as Parol Vasu
 * Rahman as Unnikrishnan
 * Seema as Radha Menon IAS
 * Nalini as Vasanthi
 * Venu Nagavally as Devan
 * Prathapachandran as Nambeeshan
 * Devan as Revenue Minister Philip
 * T. G. Ravi as Manikyam Kumar
 * Janardhanan as James
 * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Kunjulakshmi
 * Manavalan Joseph as Constable
 * Jagannatha Varma as Kurup
 * Babu Namboothiri as Venu
 * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Keshavan Nair
 * K. P. A. C. Sunny as Enforcement Officer
 * K. P. A. C. Azeez as City Police Commissioner
 * Balan K. Nair as Forest Minister
 * Kuthiravattam Pappu as Hamsa
 * Kundara Johny as Francis
 * Paravoor Bharathan as Bharathan
 * Kunjandi as Pachu Pillai
 * Nellikode Bhaskaran as Radha's Relative
 * Sonia as Young Radha
 * Santhakumari as Ammukutty
 * K. T. C. Abdullah uncredited roll
 * Baskara Kurup as Hajyar
 * V. Ramachandran as Engineer Sahadevan

Themes
Sreedhar Pillai wrote for India Today, "Vartha had overtly political themes, parodying events and politicians in a manner that left little to the imagination. I. V. Sasi told him, "I always have a rough commercial framework for my political films, Then I look around and talk to a lot of people about current political happenings. These, when mixed in the right proportion can give you an instant hit."

Release
The film was released on 12 February 1986. It was a commercial success, running for 150 days in theatres. The film was the third highest grossing Malayalam film of 1986.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala.

Awards

 * Filmfare Award for Best Film - Malayalam won by P. V. Gangadharan (1986)