''Achuvettante Veedu'' (

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

: അച്ചുവേട്ടന്റെ വീട്) is a

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Indian

-language film directed by

Balachandra Menon Balachandra Menon ( ml, ബാലചന്ദ്ര മേനോൻ) (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian actor, director and script writer. He made a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s. He has directed 40 films and has acted in over 100. ...

and starring

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

and Rohini Hattangadi in the leading roles. The lyrics is by S. Ramesan Nair with music by Vidyadharan. The background score is done by

Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film indust ...

Plot

The story is about Achuthankutty Nair (

), his wife Rugmini ( Rohini Hattangadi) and his two daughters, Aswathy and Karthi. Achuthan relocates to a rented apartment in Trivandrum. His dream is to build his own house and struggles for it. In his new neighborhood there is a men's hostel which creates a nuisance to his life. Vipin (

) stays in the men's hostel and creates trouble for Achuthankutty and his family. This made Achuthan tense day by day. Achuthan dies unexpectedly due to a

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. Rugmini and her daughters are devastated due to his unexpected death. They are perplexed as to how the household will go on. They do not get any help from their family members since Achuthan had hatred to them while alive. Vipin, who sympathized with the family, help with every chance. He helps Aswathy ( Rohini), the elder daughter, to get a job and also helps Rugmini. Aswathy looks after the family but gets adamant and bold. This makes Rugmini sad. Apparently, Aswathy falls in love with David, a man of different caste. Since both the families are orthodox, she seeks help of Vipin to arrange for the marriage. Vipin befriends David's father Jacob and cleverly agrees him for his son's marriage with Aswathy. During the wedding party, Vipin is insulted by Varma who was a friend of Achuthan. He talks bad about Vipin and Rugmini. Vipin reacts by slapping Varma. Aswathy gets furious and shouts which ends by insulting Vipin. He leaves, then Rugmini asks forgiveness for her daughter. Vipin is depressed and discusses the situation with his mother, who says there is nothing wrong with Aswathy because she has to protect the pride before her lover and his family. Then she asks Vipin to take over family business. Rugmini and daughter Karthi get sad after Aswathy's marriage as they have no one to depend now. Rugmani adds poison with supper and decides to commit suicide with her daughter. Karthi understands her mother's feelings and says that she will not become like her sister and will look after her mother. This gives Rugmini motive to live for Karthi. Later Vipin's mother offer Rugmini that she will help her find a job, so that she can fulfill Achuthan's dream of owing a house. In the end credits, it is shown that work has been started for Achuthan's dream house which signifies Rugmini's willpower.

Cast

as Achuthankutty Nair * Rohini Hattangadi as Rugmini Kunjamma *

as Vipin * Rohini as Aswathy Nair * Nangasseril Sasi as David *

Sukumaran Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the ...

as Prabhakaran *

Jagannatha Varma K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film di ...

as Varma *Meenakumari as Sarada *

Thilakan Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...

as Damodaran Nair *

Aranmula Ponnamma Aranmula Ponnamma (8 April 1914 – 21 February 2011) was a National Award winning Indian actress known for her roles as mother of the protagonist in numerous films in a career spanning over five decades. She is widely described as a mother ...

as Radhika, Achuthankutty's Mother * T. P. Madhavan as Santhosh, Rugmini's Brother *

as Krishnankutty, Achuthankutty's Brother * Sankaradi as Jacob *

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing cred ...

as Renuka, Vipin's Mother *

Adoor Bhawani Adoor Bhavani (1927 – 25 October 2009) was an Indian actress in Malayalam cinema, best known for her appearance in the National Award-winning film ''Chemmeen'' (1965), directed by Ramu Kariat. She had acted in about 450 films, including ''Mudi ...

as Mary

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{Balachandra Menon 1987 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films directed by Balachandra Menon