Vidheyan (English: The Servile) is a 1994 Indian Malayalam language Drama film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

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Vidheyan (English: The Servile) is a 1994 Indian Malayalam language Drama film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is a cinematic adaptation of the novella Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Malayalam writer Zacharia. 

The film explores the master-slave relationship in a South Karnataka setting. Mammootty and M. R. Gopakumar plays the lead rolesThe film is a cinematic adaptation of the novel Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia. Zacharia's novella was inspired by a real-life character named Patela Shekhara Gowda alias Shiradi Shekhara. Zacharia happened to hear the stories of Patelar when he was residing near Shiradi village Mangalore in Karnataka.

 After the release of the film, Adoor had a tiff with Zacharia over the film. Zachariah said Adoor tainted his story with Hindutva.The movie won 2 National awards and 6 Kerala State Film awards of the year 1993.