Padam Onnu: Oru Vilapam(Lesson One: A Wail)
Directed by	T.V. Chandran
Produced by	Aryadan Shaukat
Written by	T.V. Chandran
Starring	Meera Jasmine Mamukkoya
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	K.G. Jayan
Editing by	Venugopal
Running time	107 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Padam Onnu: Oru Vilapam (2003) is a film directed by director T.V. Chandran. The film stars Meera Jasmine. This film won her the best actress award from both the center and kerala state in 2003 for her performance in this movie as a teen age muslim girl.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Synopsis 3 Cast 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Shahina is a girl studying in her 10th standard. Her relatives and the community chiefs decides to get her married to Rasaq. Rasaq is already married and is the father of a child. Shahina knows nothing about married life and her interest is still to go to school. Rasaq exploits shahina sexually and later divorces her saying, she is not fit for the family. Shahina is happy that she can go to school now. But she realises late that she is going to be a mother.

[edit] Synopsis

Razia, holding a baby, gets down from a bus and makes her way home in the wee hours of the morning. She has been sent back by her husband for her parents have failed to keep their promise of dowry. Razia’s friend, Shahina, visits her. She tries to cheer her up by talking about the baby and their days at school.

Hassan Moyeen is a busy matchmaker. Economically backward families opt for Mysore marriage – they give their daughters in marriage to unknown men from the neighbouring province of Mysore. Razia’s was one such marriage brokered by Hassan Moyeen. Her husband arrives seeking the remaining dowry amount. He seeks Hassan’s intervention.

Shahina’s mother, Saphia, makes a living by making rice dumplings and selling them at a nearby teashop. Shahina, an assiduous student, is blissfully unaware of the ways of the world. Razak is already married. He also has a child. He is trying to leave for the Gulf in search of a job. He decides to get married again so that he can use the dowry to fund his trip. Hassan is told to find a match for him. He impresses upon Saphia and her brother Abdu that it is time for Shahina to be married off.

Shahina reacts violently to the proposal because she wants to continue her studies. In spite of her mother’s sympathy, the elders, especially the men, try to dissuade her from her studies. For them her defiance amounts to deviant behaviour. Finally, Shahina is forced to give in.

Razak meets with repeated failure in his attempts to consummate his marriage with Shahina for sex is something the girl cannot make sense of. His very sight provokes revulsion in her. Razak’s first wife, Wahida, feels sorry for Shahina. On her part, Shahina takes a liking to Razak’s daughter, Mumtaz, and two become inseparable.

Meanwhile, Razak forces Wahida to administer sedatives to Shahina. While she sleeps, Razak has his way. When she wakes up, a shocked Shahina turns hysterical in anger. Razak uses her behaviour as a pretext to divorce her. He takes her back to her place. Back home, Shahina resumes her studies. On the first day of exams, she slumps on her desk. A medical examination reveals that she is pregnant. A dejected Saphia dies. Shahina is accused of adultery and ostracized…^[2]

[edit] Cast

• Meera Jasmine - Shahina
• [[M. R. Gopakumar ]] - Abdu
• Mamukkoya - Hassan Moythu
• Suja Karthika - Janakikutty

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384404/