A Wife for Nothing) is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written by K. Gireesh Kumar and directed by Akku Akbar.

[2][3] The film is about the woes of Bindu, a wife and mother (Gopika) struggling with domestic chores on one hand and a controlling husband (Jayaram) on the other.

The film was widely accepted by the family audience in the State, and most viewers sympathised with the predicament of women in households.

[4] The film's success resurfaced actor Jayaram's leading status in Malayalam cinema, as he had been going through several box office failures prior to it.

Sugunan is also indifferent (and possibly hostile) to Bindu's family - even though her father makes many attempts to get close to him.

She ends the trip and they all go back to their home when Sugunan fights with two guys for telling bad things about Bindu and their daughter Anjana in a hotel where they were booking a room.

Sugunan's indifferent behaviour when Bindu's mother dies drives her to a point that she is just a non-entity in her husband's life.

[14] For her role, Nivetha Thomas received Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist that year.