2013 Indian film
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| Directed by | Akku Akbar |
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| Written by | K Gireesh Kumar |
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| Produced by | Anto Joseph |
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| Starring | Jayaram
Gopika |
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| Cinematography | Jibu Jacob |
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| Edited by | Lijo Paul |
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| Music by | Shyam Dharman |
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Production
company | AJ Film Company |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
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| Country | India |
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| Language | Malayalam |
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| Box office | 10 crores |
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Bharya Athra Pora (transl. Wife is not enough) is a 2013 Malayalam family film directed by Akku Akbar,[1] starring Jayaram and Gopika in the lead roles. The cast and crew of 2008 film Veruthe Oru Bharya came together to make the film, although it is not a sequel to the first film. The film was a commercial success. This film marked Gopika's comeback film and remains her last film to date too.[2]
Plot
Satyanathen is a teacher at Vivekodayam school, Thrissur. His wife Priya is a bank employee and they have a fourteen-year-old son Bhaskaran. Satyanathan is an alcoholic. After school hours, he can be seen with his friends in the local bar or at thekkinkad maithanam where they play cards. He is dissatisfied with his life and wife. He befriends some young men of the new generation whose lifestyle tempts him. During an outing to a beach he reveals to his newly formed friends that he is in love with a girl called Neena Kuruvila whose thoughts and personality match with his. Priya learns of this while logging on to his Facebook account without his knowledge. She then tells her close friends, who suggest she take him to a rehabilitation center. But Priya decides that she is not interested in taking any experiments and that she is disgusted with his behaviour. She files a joint petition for divorce and both sign it. They decide to live separately until the six months given by court to settle for their divorce. Satyanathen decides to live on first floor and Priya lives in ground floor with Bhaskaran. After some time, he notices a man dropping by to see Priya everyday and he becomes jealous. One day Neena decides to meet Satyanathen at beach side. She asked for 4 lakh rupees as help and flirts with him. But he adjusts and gives her that money not realizing it's a trap. Later on Satyanathen realizes that she is fake and had been taking money from many men outside and doing illicit affairs when the news about a raid flashes on TV. Bhaskaran has been telling the flashback to a doctor while he collapsed after running from police. The son sexually abuses his female friend and save it in a pendrive. Priya discovers that her son is a porn addict and Sathyanathen also finds it and thrashes him. Finally Dr Augustine brings Bhaskaran back to his home where he sees his friend Neha and breaks down. Satyanathen consoles him. Later on at the Family court, Priya and Satyanathen get divorced and expects them to change while living in the same house but separately. At the end of the movie Satyanathen and his son Bhaskaran takes an oath that they will change for good and Priya will return to them.
