Bharatham

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Bharatham

Directed by	Sibi Malayil
Produced by	Mohanlal
Written by	Lohithadas
Starring	Mohanlal Urvasi Nedumudi Venu Lakshmi
Music by	Raveendran
Release date(s)	1991
Running time	147 mins
Language	Malayalam
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Bhratham (1991) is a musical/drama film in Malayalam directed by Sibi Malayil starring Mohanlal, Urvasi, Nedumudi Venu and Lakshmi.

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Kalliyur Gopinathan alias Gopi (Mohanlal) is a member of a happy family with carnatic music heritage and he himself is a good singer. Kalliyur Raman (Nedumudi Venu) who is an excellent singer, is Gopi's elder brother, guru and role model. Raman is married to the character played by Lakshmi and Gopi is in love with the character played by Urvasi. Raman reigns in the family and in the society with his music. But he turns alcoholic, and when his alcoholism started ruling him, he loses his control over music and people starts preferring Gopi. This has been depicted quite symbolically during the song Raghuvamsapathe...Gopi's music, which was hidden behind his brother's charisma now flows out in full strength. Taking this as an insult, Raman starts hating his brother and strives hard to recover from alcoholism. Unable to accept his defeat, he sets to get out of his habit by going on a pilgrimage, but was never to return. Gopi, getting to know that Raman is killed in an accident, is forced to conceal this truth because of their vocally disabled sister's marriage. Gopi gets lot of moral support with his love-interest, who also knows about the tuth. Gopi's trauma reaches penultimate when his family comes to know about Raman's death and that Gopi was concealing it. Everything ends fine when the family understands his intentions.