Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala

Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala
Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala
	Poster cover
Directed by	Sreenivasan
Written by	Sreenivasan
Produced by	C.Karunakaran
Starring	Sangita; Sreenivasan; Thilakan; Innocent; Nedumudi Venu; Sudheesh; Siddique; Mamukkoya
Cinematography	S. Kumar
Edited by	Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Johnson
Distributed by	Filimothsav
Release date	15 October 1998;
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (English: Shyamala lost in thought) is a 1998 Malayalam satire film written and directed by Sreenivasan.The film stars Sangita and Sreenivasan in the lead roles with supporting cast include Thilakan, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sudheesh, and Siddique.The film is about an irresponsible husband and his neglected family. It won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. The film is one of the classic family dramas in Malayalam.^[1] The film was remade in Tamil as Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy and in Telugu as Aavide Shyamala.

Sangita won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her role Shyamala. It was Mohanlal who suggested Sangita for Shyamala. The character still remains one of the best female characters in Malayalam cinema.^[2] The film won two Filmfare Awards South.