Vidhyarambham

Madhavan Ezhuthachan is painstakingly exerting like fury to open a school in his native as the children need not walk miles to an afar school. There are several interesting characters in the village. Koppath Bharghavan Nambiar, a patriotic freedom fighter; Natarajan, a horse-cart driver; R. K. Nedungadi, President of a Hindu Temple; Govindan Nair, a running postman; Venkitesan, Ezhuthachan's loyal servant and K. K. Jacob, an aimless hunter. Ezhuthachan lives with and Bhanumathi. He has a son, Prabhakaran who lives distant from the family. After a long haul, Ezhuthachan's school gets the official permission for operation. He and his allies cleanse and renovate the building which was already built for the purpose but attended by Madhavi's tired buffalos. To celebrate the good news, Ezhuthachan and his allies host a small party within themselves. Amidst the jollity, Ezhuthachan dies from a stroke. Following his death, his son files for partition at the court thereby halting the school's operation. At that juncture, P. K. Sudhakaran arrives at the village only to know that the school has halted its operation. He becomes desperate as he had spent a fair sum of money for the teacher's post. He does several things to regain his post or money and becomes the nidus for the story's progression.

One day when he comes to Ezhuthachan’s house to discuss about his money, he sees Prabhakaran forcefully taking away the coconut crop of the household with his men, without speaking to Bhanumati or her mother. He tries to stop Prabhakaran and ends up getting beaten up by him. He approaches a previous acquaintance of his, a lawyer, and convinces Bhanumati and her mother to file a case against Prabhakaran contesting his court stay against the school operation. During the court hearing, Sudhakaran’s lawyer presents evidence that Prabhakaran has already got Ezhuthachan to transfer couple of properties and a timber sawmill in his name. Sudhakaran’s advocate argues that since Ezhuthachan has already given lot of rightful property to Prabhakaran, the school should not be given to him and should be given to Bhanumati and her mother as their rightful share as Ezhuthachan’s second wife.

Since things do not look in favor to Prabhakaran from the court, he approaches Sudhakaran and tries for a compromise as per his advocates advise. However, Sudhakaran dismisses him straightaway saying that he does not need the money from Prabhakaran, and that Bhanumati and her mother should get their rightful share too. He warms up to Bhanumati and her family and reveals that he is expecting a favorable decision from the court about school. On coming back his advocate summons him home and reveals that Bhanumati’s mother is not legally married to Ezhuthachan and that Bhanumati is not her daughter. She was born to her mother and another person who died long back. He advises Sudhakaran to accept the compromise proposal from Prabhakaran since they will lose the case if the opposition ever comes to know about this detail. Sudhakaran again sees Prabhakaran and successfully negotiates a truce, agreeing to accept the money and backout. When they discuss the same over a party, Sudhakaran, in an intoxicated state, reveals this truth to Prabhakaran and requests him to back out from the case also. During the next hearing, Prabhakaran’s advocate also presents this information to the court, thereby putting the case in their favor. Filled with remorse, Sudhakaran reveals his mistake to Bhanumati before going away from the place. That day Bhanumati’s mother discloses to her that she had eloped with her lover against her family’s wishes and married him. Her relatives murdered her husband due to this when Bhanumati was still a baby. Ezhuthachan, who was Bhanumati’s father’s close friend, takes up their responsibility and starts living with them as family since his first wife had died already. Next day, when Bhanumati and mother are about to leave the village, Sudhakaran comes and announces that the government has decided to take over the school and he will get employment in the same place. He convinces Bhanumati and her mother not to leave the village and the movie ends with the school finally starting in the village with Sudhakaran and Bhanumati.

The music was composed by Bombay Ravi and the lyrics were written by Kaithapram. The songs were released by Tharangini Records.

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