Sreenivasan is known for self-deprecating humour and he has no trouble playing second fiddle to Mohanlal, the star, in a script written by him.
But, the dynamic outside the home is more like that of squabbling siblings, with Dasan having the upper hand because he's better-looking and has a higher degree than Vijayan. The relationship almost replicates a husband-wife one in a patriarchal household. When Vijayan begins to do the dishes himself, Dasan saunters in and asks for a cup of tea. He hasn't bought enough supplies for the house or washed the vessels like he was told to. The film begins with Vijayan complaining about Dasan's lack of responsibility on the home front.
Dasan has a First Class in BCom and Vijayan has studied up to pre-degree, but both find themselves working as peons in a private company, eager to somehow move up the scale. "Enganengillum oru joli sheriyakkanam" (should somehow get a job) was a common aspiration for the characters to have. Written by Sreenivasan and based on a story by Siddique-Lal, Nadodikattu was set in the '80s when unemployment was not glorified or romanticised on screen the way it is now. The two bumbling friends, Dasan and Vijayan, are just trying to survive and their life, which is a comedy of errors, never stops being entertaining though Anthikad at unexpected moments manages to inject some pathos into the narrative. But, that's not how real life plays out - real life is often about people finding it within themselves to love, laugh, and make the best of their precarious circumstances. Nadodikattu, directed by Sathyan Anthikad, is a story about survival and it should rightfully have been a tear-inducing tragedy.
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