''Aram + Aram = Kinnaram'' is a 1985 Indian

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film directed by

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and written by

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. It stars

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, Lissy and Puja Saxena. The plot element is inspired by 2 Hindi films, ''

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'' and ''

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''. A famous hotel comedy sequence from this movie was reused by

in his 2005 Hindi movie ''

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''.

Plot

The story revolves around two friendsNarayanan Kutty (

) and Balan (

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). Working as a mechanic at K & K Automobiles in

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, Narayanan Kutty is flirtatious. Although he has never been successful in wooing any girl, he loves boasting cooked up stories about his encounters with rich girls in and around the city. Manoharan (

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), the proprietor of K & K Automobiles, always falls in deep trouble because of the careless attitude of Narayanan Kutty at the work place. Balan, his roommate, a jobless chap is in all efforts to find a job with the help of Narayanan Kutty, as he has to marry Ammukutty (Ragini), his love interest in the village. From the driver (

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) of M. N. Nambiar (

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), the owner of Continental Group, Narayanan Kutty finds out that Nambiar is always sympathetic to

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patients and will do anything to support them, as he himself was a former survived patient. Balan meets Nambiar and successfully fools him by claiming to be a leukemia patient, who is in deep financial trouble. Balan is offered a job at the company as an attender. In the meantime, Narayanan Kutty himself spreads a gossip that he is the fiancé of Mala (Puja Saxena), the daughter of M. N. Nambiar. Sujatha ( Lissy Priyadarshan), a close buddy of Mala impostors Mala and contact Narayanan Kutty, with the knowledge of Mala. As a part of a plan to fool him, Mala approaches him as Sujatha, who disguise as a news reporter to interview him about his relationship with the daughter of Nambiar. Soon, Narayanan Kutty falls in love with Mala, whom he believes to be Sujatha. Things get complicated for him as she also reciprocates in the same manner. On the other hand, the life of Balan was going too smoothly until the parents of his fiancée arrive in the city along with her to see his office. Balan, who is actually a peon at the office had lied to them that he is the manager of the company. Gopi Krishnan (

) (whose original name is Thankappan and he gets angry when he is called so) and Saravanan (

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s to kidnap Ammukutty and marry her, and they fight. Balan arrives at the right time. Meanwhile, Narayanan Kutty and Mala marry. Balan saves Ammukutty from Gopi Krishnan and Saravanan and marries her.

Cast

as Balan *

as Narayanan Kutty * Pooja Saxena as Mala * Lissy as Sujatha *

as Gopi Krishnan/Thankappan *

as Manoharan *

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as Karthiyayani *

as M. N. Nambiar *

as M. N. Nambiar's Driver * C. I. Paul as Nandakumar, Karthiyayani's Husband *

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as Ashokan, Goonda * Ragini as Ammukutty *

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as Mechanic * Pavithran as Mechanic

Production

The film was made on a small budget compared to other films at that time, just close to .

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, lyrics were written by

Poovachal Khader Poovachal Khader (25 December 1948 – 22 June 2021) was a Malayalam lyricist from Kerala who worked mainly in Malayalam film industry. His first movie as a lyricist was ''Kaattuvithachavan'' (1973) but his first released movie was ''Chuzhi'' ( ...

References

External links

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