P. Padmarajan inspires the west with his landmark masterpiece.

P. Padmarajan is one of the most respected and well known names in Malayalam Film Industry who have majorly contributed in the progress of Malayalam Cinema. His movie were always based on new & innovative concepts, which had a social message for the society along with a high entertainment value for the viewers. And one of his famous and widely appreciated movies probably inspired Hollywood filmmakers too. A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again. This is the plot for “The Vow ” a film made in 2012 directed by Michael Sucsy . Sounds very familiar to “Innale” made by P.Pathmarajan in 1990 which was exactly on the similar lines. Though the English Classic is said to be based on a novel by Stuart Sender, which was published in the early 200's. But still Pathmarajan’s Classic came earlier than that in 1990. One argument in this context can be given that Garry  Marshall’s “Overboard”was made in 1987, which may be the main inspiration source for both the above mentioned movies. It is quite possible, but in “Innale”, Pathmarajan made a significant contribution to the theme, wherein the husband didn't know it is first or the wife did'nt understand him till the end . She is only in love with her lover. So a fresh new & socially relevant angle was there in the Malayalam Masterpiece which may have also inspired the makers of “The Vow”. Interestingly, in the later years two of India's leading film-makers Vijay Sadanah  &K. Bhagyaraj , got inspired with the same thought of "Innale", and came up with their own classic versions as "Ek Ladka Ek Ladki" and "Veetla Visheshanga", wherein the only difference was that in "Veetla Visheshanga" the main pratagonist is a widower and in "Ek Ladka Ek Ladki" is a man with three children. And there was only one person responsible for all above mentioned masterpieces and he was The Legendary P.Pathmarajan.