Ente Mamattukuttiyama (1983)

Embedded with charged emotion and powerful familial sentiments, this family-oriented drama delves into the trials and triumphs in the life of Sethu (Naik) and Vinod (Gopi), who are distraught after the death of their own child. In a desperate attempt to accept their fate, they decide to adopt a girl child from the local orphanage, and begin showering all their love on little Mamattukuttiyama, Tintu for short (Shalini). However, Tintu’s real father Alex (Mohanlal) unexpectedly returns to reclaim the child, explaining that his wife Mercy (Jayaram) had been forced to give away their illegitimate child and had gone insane as a result. Only reunification with her daughter will cure her. Will the loving parents be forced to relinquish this child as well?