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Producer: Salavuddin
Banner: Cinema Kottaka
Cast: Jayaram, Gopika, Nivedita, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Madhu Warrier, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sivaji Guruvayoor, Kalabhavan Prajod, Sarayu, Mini Arun and Mahima
Director: Akku Akbar
Script: Gireesh Kumar
Editing: Ranjan Abraham
Cinematographer: Shaji
Music: Shyam Dharman

Veruthe Oru Bharya is one of the best films of recent times, narrated with intensity and integrity from beginning to end. We have seen quite a few preachy films on matrimonial harmony in the past; director Akku Akbar's Veruthe Oru Bharya, starring Jayaram and Gopika, is one among them, with the message that a wife is not the bonded labour of her husband.

'Veruthe Oru Bharya', delves into the related questions, about whether the house wives are sitting idle and jobless at homes, whether they get rest, leave or retirement amidst heavy house chores.

Let's think about a lady waking up early in the morning at 5:00 a.m., getting into the drudgery of domestic work until 11:00 p.m. When she goes to bed after finishing all her duties as a housewife, she finds her sex-hungry husband pouncing on her. And again, her routine works begin at 5:00 a.m. the next morning! As the title of the film Veruthe Oru Bharya indicates, this is the best summary of this film's story.
The movie revolves around a few lives -- Sugunan (Jayaram), an employee of the Electricity Board with conventional notions of what a wife is meant for, his wife Bindu (Gopika) and their teenage daughter Anju (Nivedita), Sugunan's colleagues and Bindu's family, comprising her parents and her brother Ramesh (Madhu Warrier).

Sugunan is a typical egoistic person, the ever-complaining husband who considers Bindhu as just a person who is obliged to meet all the pressures in managing home affairs. As household chores occupy all her time, Bindu does not get any leisure to enjoy with her friends or relatives or attend public functions. And she has to deal with her teenaged daughter Anju's growing demands. Sugunan neither acknowledges his wife's efforts nor does he help her.

All in all, Veruthe Oru Bharya is one of the most brilliant mainstream crowd pleasers and best thought-provoking family movies released in recent times.