

Ramachandran (Mohanlal) got a job as an English lecturer in T. K. P. Memorial College, only to find that the college is full of drugs and politics, led by young Ranjith Mathews (Ganesh), son of an M.P. (Prathapachandran). Ramachandran has helped the students, including a geek who was beaten by Ranjith's gang.
Acting
Mohanlal's early leading-man warmth against Ganesh's smug villainy.
Direction
Priyadarshan balancing campus comedy and political thriller.
Writing
Sreenivasan's script biting harder than it has any right to.
Director
Priyadarshan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Mohanlal and Priyadarshan's sixth collaboration in five years—they were practically joined at the hip.
The 'star son villain' trope here directly mirrored real 1980s Kerala student politics, where dynastic power was becoming impossible to ignore.