means "Lead me from the unreal to the real." "Lead me from darkness to light." "Lead me from death to immortality." The journey of Haridas, from his guilt-ridden days to acceptance and inner peace is the titular metaphorical path to immortality. Mohanlal portrays Haridas at three stages in his life i.e. as the bullying and ragging senior, the guilt-ridden doctor and finally as the man who attains redemption. Neelima Menon of The News Minute writes, "Amrutham Gamaya is about second chances, about battling guilt, because when you allow it to consume you it has the capacity to cripple you for life. When a seemingly harmless ragging session leads to the death of his junior, Dr Haridas is devastated but his professor bails him out. Years later as a practitioner at a village clinic, the past gets back to him in the form of his poor neighbours who are the family of the deceased student." Release The film was released on 6 February 1987. Reception In November 2020, Neelima Menon of The News Minute wrote, "Amrutham Gamaya stars a brilliant Mohanlal in MT Vasudevan Nair’s story about remorse." In an interview with Rediff in August 2000, praising Mohanlal's performance, Hariharan said, "He really surprised me. That was an amazing performance. In fact, he should have won a National Award for it. Have you seen the scene in which he injects pethidine into his thighs? That was simply great. And when he realizes that the family he befriends is the family of the boy whom he had accidentally killed while ragging him in medical college, was heartbreaking. I don't know how he showed inner turmoil so beautifully. It was so subtle, so disturbing. The beauty of his performance is that he underplays emotions. Every muscle of his body reacts. For that one scene itself, he should have been given an award. I, the director, forgot myself when he was performing in Amrutham Gamaya. Why, all the unit members wept, while watching him perform". - Rediff. References External links Amrutham Gamaya on YouTube 1987 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films with screenplays by M. T. Vasudevan Nair Films about school violence Indian drama films Films directed by Hariharan