Sadma

Sadma (Hindi: सदमा; English: Trauma) is a 1983 Indian film directed by Balu Mahendra which stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi with music composed by Ilayaraaja. The picture tells the story of Nehalata (Sridevi), a young woman who regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped in a brothel before being rescued by Somu (Kamal Haasan), a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her.

The film is a scene-to-scene remake of the 1982 of Balu Mahendra's own Tamil Film Moondram Pirai, Starring Kamal Haasanand Sridevi . Sridevi's autistic child-woman performance brought her nominations at the Filmfare Best actress award as well as State awards and National Awards. Kamal's performance in the film's famous climax scene won him the National Award in the Tamil original. The film was a huge success and achieved cult status and is regarded as an all time classic featuring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi's career best performances.