Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu (1998)

This offbeat psychological comedy delves into the twists and turns in the life of a pulp-fiction novelist, Sagar Kottapuram (Mohanlal). His best friend Ramakrishnan (Sreenivasan) is a Tahsildar, who is forced to move to a new town on transfer. In the new office, the friendship develop a nasty rivalry with Tahsildar S. Priyadarshini (Nandini), that snowballs out of proportion until the vengeful lady drags them into a lawsuit. Bent on revenge, Sagar uses the might of his pen to destroy her reputation. With all their reputations blemished, will emerging circumstances force all of them to regret their vindictive actions and make amends?