Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998)

Evocative and provocative, this socially relevant tale depicts the trials and triumphs in the life of Apputtan, an orphan, who comes from a family of great wealth. He is an extraordinarily generous and kind-hearted soul who spends much of his life resolving the financial troubles of others. At a critical juncture in his life, he finds himself attracted to a girl whose education he has been sponsoring. But her response to his love after becoming a doctor at his expense, is something Apputtan had least expected. As Apputtan has studied only up to high school, she treats him like an illiterate. How will their relationship unfold?