''Engane Nee Marakkum'' () is a 1983 Indian

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romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film produced and directed by M. Mani and written by

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. It stars

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...

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, and Menaka. The film features songs and score composed by

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. The story is about the love triangle between Shambhu, Prem, and Shobha.

Plot

Sambhu and Prem are friends but their friendship takes a turn when they fall for same woman Shobha. Rest of the story unwinds how their love and friendship changes.

Cast

as Shambhu *

as Premkumar * Menaka as Shobha * Bhagyalakshmi as Devi * Sukumari *

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* Sankaradi * V. D. Rajappan * Anuradha *

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Poojappura Ravi Raveendran Nair, known by his stage name Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles. He was a stage actor and was a part of ''Kalanilyam Drama Vision'', the famous drama institution. He st ...

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by Chunakkara Ramankutty. Single "Vellitheril" was sung by

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and

Krishnachandran T. N. Krishnachandran (born 16 June 1960) is an Indian actor, playback singer, and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema and television. Career His debut movie was '' Rathinirvedam'' in 1978. He was the voice for actor Vineeth and Rahman and al ...

Reception

The film was a commercial success at the box office. ''Engane Nee Marakkum'' is one of the early films in which Mohanlal began playing comedic roles.

References

External links

* 1983 films Indian romantic drama films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by M. Mani Films scored by Shyam (composer) 1983 romantic drama films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub