High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vaasthavam is (2006) film directed by M. Padmakumar. With Malayalam actor Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role. Vaasthavam is the story of a youth who rose to power from a background immersed in family chaos and economic crisis. For his role as Balachandra Adiga in this film, Prithviraj Sukumaran won the Kerala State Film Award for best actor. Raghavan Master (Sreeraman), a scion of a high Namboothiri family and an ardent communist is now in crisis as his Tharavadu is devoid of the fame and fortune it once had.