''Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' () is a 1995 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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, Kasturi and

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. The movie was remade in Telugu as ''Subhamastu'' and in Tamil as ''

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'', the latter starring

himself in the lead role. It was the debut movie of K. T. S. Padannayil.

Plot

The film follows brothers Kuttan Bava/Chettan Bava and Kunjan Bava/Aniyan Bava, and their driver Premachandran, with whom the daughters of both the Bavas fall in love. This makes the Bavas enemies and it becomes their issue of pride on who will marry Premachandran. On top of this includes Sundaran, the nephew of the Bavas trying to take Premachandran down.

Cast

as Premachandran *

as Kuttan Bava (Chettan Bava) *

as Kunjan Bava (Aniyan Bava) * Kasturi as Ammu *

as Malu * Prem Kumar as Sundaran *

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as Easwara Pillai *

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as Kottaram Veedan *

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as Kannappan * Appa Haja as Dassappan *

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as Balan *

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as Kunjan Bava's wife and Malu's mother *

Paravoor Bharathan Vadakkekarayil Koran Bharathan (16 January 1929- 19 August 2015), better known as Paravoor Bharatan was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and h ...

as Premachandran's father *

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as Devi Thampuratti, Premachandran's mother * K. T. S. Padannayil as Premachandran's great-grandfather *

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as Premachandran's great-grandmother * M. S. Thripunithura as College Professor (Cameo) * Reshmi Soman as Seetha, Premachandran's sister

Soundtrack

Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava's songs and background score were composed by

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, with lyrics by S. Ramesan Nair and I. S. Kundoor. The music album has 5 songs:

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu as ''Shubhamastu'' (1995) and in Tamil as ''

'' (1997) with Jayaram.

Box office

The film was declared a hit. The film ran for more than 100 days in theaters

References

External links

* 1990s Malayalam-language films Indian romantic comedy-drama films 1990s romantic comedy-drama films 1995 films Indian musical comedy-drama films 1990s musical comedy-drama films Malayalam films remade in other languages 1990s romantic musical films Indian romantic musical films Films directed by Rajasenan 1995 comedy films 1995 drama films {{romantic-musical-film-stub