Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam Explained

Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam
Director:Rajasenan
Producer:B Rakesh
Starring:Jayaram
Prabhu
Roja
Kalabhavan Mani
Jagathy Sreekumar
Music:Suresh Peters
Cinematography:Prathapan
Editing:Sreekar Prasad
Distributor:Cinema Cinema
Country:India
Language:Malayalam

Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam is a 2002 Indian Malayalam language film directed by Rajasenan starring Jayaram, Prabhu, Kalabhavan Mani, Jagathy Sreekumar and Roja. It was released on 22 February 2002.[1] [2] The film was dubbed into Tamil as Gounder Veetu Maapillai, with additional scenes featuring Vadivelu, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, M. S. Bhaskar and Lekhasri.

Plot

Anandakuttan's mother wants her daughter Anandavalli to be with the family for Anandakuttan's marriage to Revathy. So he takes up a trip on to Tamil Nadu in search of his sister and her husband Muniyandi along with his uncle Keshu.

Anandakuttan succeeds in finding his sister and she sends her daughter Parvathy with Anandakuttan to his home town, to prevent her from marrying Kannayya. However, Parvathy assumes that Anandakuttan is in love with her following the Tamil custom of Muraimaman (where uncles do marry their nieces). She falls in love with him and assumes his family also considers her as the fiancée of him without knowing that he was already engaged with Revathy. Anandakuttan wants to make her aware that in Kerala, it is a prohibited relationship as uncles have a fatherly figure without offending her. So he tries to bring Kannayya to his family to make her fall in love with him. However, she doesn't which results in a major issue in the family once they realised that Parvathy loved Anandakuttan.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Suresh Peters.[3]

Malayalam version
Tamil version[4]

Reception

A critic from Cinesouth wrote that "All said & done, the movie is an entertainer. And, a winner. That's all that counts".[5] A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole, the film is a complete entertainer".[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: When Mollywood meets Kollywood. The Times of India.
  2. Web site: Kalabhavan Mani death anniversary: 9 movies that keep him eternally close to Malayali hearts.
  3. Web site: Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam songs download. 13 March 2024. Raaga.
  4. Web site: Gounder Veettu Mapillai songs download. Gaana. 13 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Malayali Maaman Vanakkam. Cinesouth. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20021002053437/http://malayalam.cinesouth.com/english/scopes/reviews/malmamv.shtml. 2 October 2002.
  6. Web site: Malayalee Mamanu Vanakkam. Sify. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050320074137/http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=10390430&ctid=5&cid=2428. 20 March 2005.