Vandanam was a 1989 Malayalam movie directed by Priyadarshan. It was released following the huge success of his Chithram and starred Mohanlal and Girija.
Mohanlal plays the role of a police officer, Unnikrishnan, who is sent to track down a vicious and dangerous criminal played by Nedumudi Venu. Along with his friend (played by Mukesh), he performs surveillance on Nedumudi Venu's daughter (played by Girija) who lives in a flat with her aunt played by Sukumari, to gather details and whereabouts of her criminal father. The rest of the story is about how Unnikrishnan gets to the criminal via his daughter.
Box Office : It was a mega blockbuster in the box office by collecting 7 crore from just from Mughal theater which is situated in kodungaloor,Thrissur,Kerala. The budget was just 1 crore. This movie also brought priyadharshan fame and fortune.