''Mukha Chithram'' () is a 1991 Indian

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directed by Suresh Unnithan. The film stars

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, Siddique,

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, Sunitha and

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in lead roles. The film had musical score 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 industr ...

Premise

Out of desperation, a school teacher asks a street musician, Mathukutty, to act as a qualified bandmaster in his school band. However, both of them struggle while keeping up the pretence.

Cast

as Mathukutty / Sethumadhavan / Vareechan *

as Savithrikutty / Lakshmikutty * Siddique as Kannan Mash *

as Govinda Menon Mash * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Gomathy Teacher * Sunitha as Sunanda Teacher *

Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his comi ...

as M. K. Pushkaran *

Sankaradi Chandrashekaran Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi (14 July 1924 – 8 October 2001), was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit. He dominated the ...

as Sunanda's Father *

Kollam Thulasi Kollam Kanjaveli Kuttilazhikathu Thulasidharan Nair is an actor in Malayalam cinema, who is better known as Kollam Thulasi relating to the name of his birthplace Kollam to his first name as customary in some parts of Kerala. His first appearance ...

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as Fr. Felix *

N. L. Balakrishnan Narayanan Lakshmi Balakrishnan (born Velayudhan) (17 April 1942 – 25 December 2014), commonly known as N. L. Balakrishnan, was an Indian film still photographer and actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He worked as a still photographer in a ...

as Bahuleya Kurup *

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as Seller * Prof.Aliyar Kunju as Teacher *Rajaputhra Renjith *Sivaram

Awards

;

Kerala Film Critics Award The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India. The awards were instit ...

* Special Award - Jagathy Sreekumar * Special Award - Suresh Unnithan ;

Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

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References

External links

* * 1991 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Mohan Sithara {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub