| Varnapakittu | |
|---|---|
 Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan | |
| Directed by | I. V. Sasi[1][2] |
| Screenplay by | Babu Janardhanan |
| Story by | Jokuttan |
| Produced by | Jokuttan |
| Starring | Mohanlal Meena Divya Unni Madhu Jagadish Dileep |
| Cinematography | Aravind Kamalanathan |
| Edited by | K. Narayanan |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | BJL Creations |
| Distributed by | Pranamam Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹2.75 crore |
Varnapakittu (transl. Vibrant colors) 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 Divya Unni, Dileep, Madhu, Jagadish, Rajan P. Dev, M. G. Soman in supporting roles.[3][4][5] The movie, directed by I V Sasi, was a commercial success.[6]
Plot
Sunny Palamattam is a successful businessman in Singapore. He enjoys a flamboyant life with girlfriend Sandra Valookaran. 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 framed Sunny's father Ittichan in a fraud case. Shortly after, Ittichan died of a heart attack, and Sunny's engagement with fiancée Nancy was called off. Sunny fled to Mumbai, and then to Singapore with Kuruvilla's help.
Later, Sunny learns that Sandra 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 and company, aided by Paily. In the meantime, he meets Nancy who is now married to Paulachen, 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
- Divya Unni as Nancy Paul
- Madhu as Palamattom Ittichan, Sunny's father
- Jagadish as Paily, Sunny's friend
- Rajan P. Dev as Pullankunnel Pappan
- Dileep as Pullankunnel Paulachen
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Pullankunnel Tonychen
- Janardhanan as Ramaswamy Iyer
- M. G. Soman as Kuruvilla
- Reena as Kuruvilla's wife
- Bheeman Raghu as S.I. 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 mister
- 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).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aakashangalil" | Gireesh Puthencherry | K S Chitra | |
| 2. | "Anupama Sneha Chaithanyame" | Jose Kallukulam | K S Chitra | |
| 3. | "Okkela Okkela" | Gireesh Puthencherry Gangai Amaran | M. G. Sreekumar Sujatha Mohan | |
| 4. | "Velli Nila" | Gireesh Puthencherry | M G Sreekumar K S Chitra | |
| 5. | "Manikyakallaal" | Gireesh Puthencherry | M. G. Sreekumar, Swarnalatha | |
| 6. | "Doore Mamarakkombil" | Gireesh Puthencherry | K. S. Chitra | |
| 7. | "Doore Mamarakkombil" | Gireesh Puthencherry | M. G. Sreekumar |
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. Brahmachari, Natturajavu, Udayananu Tharam, Chandrolsavam, Drishyam, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Drishyam 2 and Bro Daddy.[7][8][9][10]
References
- ↑ "ഐ.വി.ശശി സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത ചിത്രങ്ങൾ". Malayala Manorama. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ↑ മോഹൻ, നവീൻ (25 October 2017). "അവളുടെ രാവുകൾ' ഒരു ധൈര്യമാണ്; അത്രയും 'ബോൾഡ്' ആണ് ഐ.വി.ശശിയും". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ↑ "വര്ണ്ണപ്പകിട്ട് (1997)". Malayala Chalachithram. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ↑ "വർണ്ണപ്പകിട്ട് (1997)". മലയാള സംഗീതം. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ↑ "വർണ്ണപ്പകിട്ട്". M3DB. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ↑ "Mohanlal's 10 Underrated Movies". Filmibeat.com. 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "Resume of a superstar: 30 years of Mohanlal from Rajavinte Makan to Pulimurugan". The News Minute. 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "IV Sasi: Remembering the director who gave us superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal". thenewsminute.com. 28 October 2017.
- ↑ "Mohanlal-Meena Combo: Best 5 Movies of the Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol Pair!". filmibeat.com. 21 January 2017.
- ↑ "Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol shatters Pulimurugan's opening record in Ireland". Inuth.com. 19 February 2017.