Kireedam is a 1989 Indian Malayalam drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. The film stars Mohanlal, Thilakan, Parvathy, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Mohan Raj, Murali, Sreenath, and Cochin Haneefa in the main roles. The music for the film was composed by Johnson. The film is about a Malayali youth, Sethumadhavan, whose hopes and aspirations are shattered by a combination of fate and human falling. It explores how society type-casts individuals and forces them to act that part whether they like it or not. Mohanlal won the 1989 National Film Award-Special Jury Award "for portraying young man's agony and pain marvellously and in unique style". Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for that year. A sequel to the film was released in 1993 titled Chenkol. Kireedam was remade into four other Indian films; the Telugu film Rowdyism Nasinchali, the Kannada film Modadha Mareyalli, the Hindi film Gardish, and the Tamil film of the same name.