The Wandering Wind) is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan based on a story by the Siddique–Lal duo.

It stars Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in the lead roles, along with an ensemble supporting cast featuring Shobhana, Thilakan, Innocent, Mamukkoya and Captain Raju.

The story revolves around two impecunious young men, Ramdas and Vijayan who not being able to find any job in Kerala, plan to immigrate to Dubai to make their fortunes but get deceived and end up in Chennai.

The film drew upon relevant social factors affecting Kerala of the 1980s such as widespread unemployment and poverty.

[2] Critics consider the film represents popular Malayalam cinema at its satirical best and established the Mohanlal-Sreenivasan onscreen combination as one of its most memorable and bankable cinematic pairs.

Dasan, a 'B-Com first class' graduate who is proud of it, constantly expresses his dissatisfaction at having to serve less qualified superiors and settling for less than what he believes he deserves in life.

When the new managing director starts working for their organization, Dasan and Vijayan eagerly await his appointment of leadership in the hopes of obtaining a better position.

Dasan verbally criticizes the person and pushes him into a puddle of rainwater in an attempt to attract the attention of a lady.

Both disappear from their workplaces and then resurface the next day, Dasan donning a pair of dark sunglasses and Vijayan sporting a full beard.

They both make an effort to persuade their boss that they were extremely ill the day before, but they are both forced to report to the new managing director.

They succeed in duping him at first and begin to work, but the managing director quickly learns the truth from old office photos, and they are both fired.

Ananthan Nambiar believes that those men in Arabic dress were Crime Investigation Department officers in disguise.

In the colony, Kovai Venkatesan, a well-connected businessman/politician who is originally a Malayali, tries to forcibly evict the locals to make room for a new private hospital.

He opens the box and displays various options for killing the targets: a bomb, a gun, a set of arrows and even a traditional Malappuram dagger.

Dasan and Vijayan find themselves surrounded by Ananthan Nambiar's gang as well, the latter also having selected the location to finalize a drug deal.

The movie concludes as Dasan and Vijayan get selected into the Tamil Nadu police as Crime Investigation Department officers and they along with Radha drive away in a jeep.

[2] All lyrics are written by Yusufali Kechery; all music is composed by Shyam.When first released, Nadodikkattu received negative critical reviews, but favorable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success.

"The secret of the duo still being alive in the Malayali's consciousness may be because it's a story of two unemployed youngsters told using a humorous narrative.

[10] The story and screenplay is considered one of the classics of mainstream Malayalam films, portraying a cross-section of Kerala's social issues at the time, primarily the struggle of unemployed Malayali youths and the means they pursue to find employment, such as seeking job opportunities in the Persian Gulf region, the scramble for formal educational qualifications (reflected through the character Ramdas' boasting about his graduate degree in commerce with First Class), etc., through amusing comic dialogues.