Vidheyan

Infobox Film
name = Vidheyan
director = Adoor Gopalakrishnan
writer = Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Paul Zacharia (story)
starring = Mammootty
Tanvi Azmi
Sabitha Anand
Aliyar
M.R. Gopakumar
producer = Adoor Gopalakrishnan
distributor =
cinematography = Mankada Ravi Varma
editing = M. Mani| released = 1993
runtime = 112 mins
language = Malayalam
music = Vijay Bhaskar
imdb_id = 0108490

Vidheyan (Translation: "The Servile"), is a 1993 Indian film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is a cinematic adaptation of the novel "Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum" by Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia. The film explores the master-slave dialectic in a South Karnataka setting.

Plot

Thommy, a Christian migrant labour from Kerala is an obedient slave of his aggressive, tyrannical landlord Bhaskara Pattelar. Thommy obeys all the orders of his master, whether it is to make his own wife sexually available to his master or in killing Pattelar's kindly wife, Saroja. When Pattelar escapes to a jungle, due to his own deeds, Thommy escorts him like a pet. But when Pattelar gets killed Thommy exults in freedom.

Awards

Vidheyan won the State Film awards for best film and best director for Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Mammooty won the National Film award for Best Actor for this film in 1993. It also won the Netpac Award at the Rotterdam International Film festival, along with the Interfilm Award - Honorable Mention at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival.