''Madhuranombarakattu'' () is a 2000 Indian

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-language

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directed by Kamal and written by

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, starring Biju Menon and

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. The music was composed by Vidyasagar. The film won the

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Plot

Vishnu is a govt school teacher who is travelling with his children Unni and Maya after getting a transfer from his hometown. The bus meets with an accident and Unni dies at spot. Vishnu's wife Priyamvada is jailed after committing a murder. She kills someone who was molesting Vishnu's sister, Sreekutty. Vishnu hides the death news of Unni from Priya.Vishnu further tells the villagers that his wife is admitted in the hospital following the accident. In the new place, Vishnu along with his friend Shekharan, Headmaster and others catches Kaatumaakan who with his friends use to steal hens, kill them and make the school untidy and hands him to the police. In the jail, Kaatumakan learns of Priyamvada, who is Vishnu's wife and plans for a revenge. After some days, Priyamvada is released from the jail. They together hopes for a better life. But Kaatumakan returns and tortures the villagers. On a high windy day, Maya leaves with the neighbours in a horsecart. Priya wanders in search of Maya and gets noticed by Kaatumakan. He tries to hurt Priya, but the high wind makes the school building to collapse and it falls on Kaatumakan, killing him. Vishnu finds frightened Priya in the corner of the school and hugs her. Vishnu, along with other villagers share the happy news of the death of Kaatumaakan.

Cast

* Biju Menon as Vishnu *

as Priyamvadha * Master Ashwin Thampi as Unni * Baby Manjima as Maya *

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as Sekharan *

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as Head Master *

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as Sunaina * Sarath Das as Iqbal *

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as Bhagavathar *

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as Abdulla * Vimal Raj as Kattumakkan *

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as Jail Warden *

Thalaivasal Vijay Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artist. He was born on 4 August 1962 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He has acted predominantly in numerous Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992) ...

as Kalki Parameswar *

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* K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Mullathatha * Sindhu Shyam as Seetha * Megha as Sreekutty * Master Vignesh as Hilal

Awards

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards were managed direct ...

Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist The Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist is an award, begun in 1969, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India for the best performance by a child actor in the Malayalam cinema. Until 1997, the awards were managed dir ...

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Vidyasagar and Lyrics by Yusuf Ali Kecheri.

References

External links

* 2000 films 2000s Malayalam-language films 2000 drama films Films directed by Kamal (director) Films scored by Vidyasagar Indian drama films {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub