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Wikipedia article
'Varnapakittu' is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by Babu Janardhanan from a story by Jokuttan. The film features Mohanlal and Meena in lead roles, with Jagadish, Dileep, Divyaa Unni, Madhu, Rajan P. Dev, M. G. Soman in supporting roles. The movie, directed by I V Sasi, was a commercial success.
Plot
Sunny Palamattam (Mohanlal) is a successful businessman in Singapore. He enjoys a flamboyant life with girlfriend Sandra Valookaran (Meena). His business rival, Mohammad Ali, was a partner who left after he was found embezzling company funds.
Sunny discloses his past to Sandra: his family was a happy one, until Pappan (Rajan P. Dev) framed Sunny's father Ittichan (Madhu) in a fraud case. Shortly after, Ittichan died of a heart attack, and Sunny's engagement with fiance Nancy (Divya Unni) was called off. Sunny fled to Mumbai, and then to Singapore with Kuruvilla's help.
Later, Sunny learns that Sandra, who he plans to marry, is actually a call girl hired by Mohammad Ali, to spy on Sunny and foil his business plans. To fulfill his marriage commitment to his family, he and Sandra pretend they are still engaged when they go to visit Sunny's family in Kerala. In his hometown, he meets the old enemies who falsely accused his father of theft and thus ruined the family reputation.
Sunny plans to take revenge on Pappan, Tonychen (Ganesh Kumar) and company, aided by Paily (Jagadish). In the meantime, he meets Nancy who is now married to Paulachen (Dileep), Tonychen's younger brother. When Tony tries to sexually assault Nancy, Paulachan is humiliated and commits suicide.
Mohammad Ali arrives with a gang from Singapore to reveal Sunny's "false marriage" ploy in an attempt to destroy him. Sunny pleads with Mohammad Ali to forget everything so that he can live a happy life and offers all his assets to Mohammad Ali, but Mohammad Ali has a change of heart and leaves Sunny and his family alone. In the end Sunny and Sandra appear with a happy family.
Cast
*Mohanlal as Sunny Palamattom
*Meena as Sandra / Alina
*Dileep as Paulachen
*Madhu as Palamattom Ittichan, Sunny's Father
*Jagadish as Paily, Sunny's Friend
*Divya Unni as Nancy Paul
*Rajan P. Dev as Pullankunnel Pappan
*K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Pullankunnel Tonychen
*Janardhanan as Ramaswamy Iyer
*M. G. Soman as Kuruvilla
*Reena as Kuruvilla's wife
*Bheeman Raghu as SI Damodaran Nair
*N. F. Varghese as Father Joseph Varghese
*Sadiq as Kunjoonju
*Bharathi Vishnuvardhan as Sunny's Mother
*Reshmi Soman as Mollykutty, Sunny's Younger Sister
*Kazan Khan as Mohammed Ali
*Kundara Johny as Advocate Chandrashekharan, Sunny's Advocate
*Usha as Tonychen's Wife
*Kanakalatha as Sunny's Elder Sister
*Seetha as Sukanya, Sandra's Sister
*Yavanika Gopalakrishnan as Sunny's Brother In Law
*Maya as TV Reporter
*Elias Babu as Kunjukochu Nancy's Father
*Antony Perumbavoor as a man in store
Soundtrack
The songs were composed by Vidyasagar. "Velli Nila" is based on "Ooohalalo Oopirilo" from 'Urmila' (1993).
Box Office
Varnapakittu was major commercial hit in the year 1997 and was the beginning of the Mohanlal-Meena hit combo which churned out many movies including Olympian Anthony Adam,Mr Bhramachari, Natturajavu, Udayananu Tharam, Drishyam, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Drishyam 2 and Bro Daddy.
References
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