Anantaram
Anantaram (English: Monologue, Malayalam: അനന്തരം, meaning Thereafter) is a 1987 Malayalam feature film production written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Ashokan, Mammootty and Shobhana star in the lead. The film is structured like a monologue. It develops through a commentary by the protagonist about himself in the first person. The attempt of the protagonist is to narrate how he became what he is now. The film was an experimental film for its time as it had a very linear narrative.
The film won three National Film Awards. It was included in IBN Live's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.
Plot
The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan (Ashokan) about himself in the first person. Later he tells another story about his life with the same background. Finally both these stories fuse together.
Ajayan is born an orphan. He is brought up by a doctor. A brilliant child, Ajayan grows up as an introvert and confused youth. The beautiful Suma (Shobhana) arrives at their house after marrying Balu (Mammootty), his foster-brother. Ajayan at the very first sight of his sister-in-law is sexually attracted to her. This creates internal conflict within him and ultimately he leaves the house.
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When I Dream
by: Barbra StreisandWhen I dream
In a world that has no time
In a world that pays no mind
to a heart such as mine
I can be
Out along the stars somewhere
All alone without a care
I can be anything
When I dream
By myself
All I want to do is find what
It's all about
I'm reaching out
Knowing that there must be more
I imagine when I dream
What I've never known
or felt before
(when I dream)
I can turn reality
Into anything I see
All at once I am free
I can be
On the sky or on the ground
Of the earth but not earthbound
I can be anything
When I dream
Thinking back it seems I've
spent my life
Sacrificing what I felt inside
Never thought I could have in my life
The dreams I have denied
When I dream
I believe there's someone there
Someone else with dreams to share
Someone willing to care
He could be
Out among the stars somewhere
Someone gentle, someone fair
He could be anything
When I dream
When I dream
There's no posibility
That I can't begin to see
There's no voice telling me
Not to be
Out among the stars somewhere
Feeling free, I'm free to dare
And to be anything
When I dream
For beyond the fantasy
and the harsh reality
Suddenly I can see
We could be
Out along the stars somewhere
All alone without a care
We could be anything
When I dream
oooooooooohh
dreamin'...dreamin'....dreamin'