''Rajavazhcha'' is a 1990

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema is an Indian cinema, Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ...

by Sasikumar starring

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...

, Sai Kumar,

Thilakan Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...

, Ranjini and Chithra.

Plot

Govindankutty and Vijayaraghavan are brothers, the former struggling to complete the studies of the latter younger sibling. Govindankutty and Kuttan Nair work for daily wages under the wealthy and unscrupulous Madhava Panikkar to make ends meet. When Vijayaraghavan passes his graduate exam, Govindankutty and Kuttan Nair go to request Panikkar his help in further educating him, but Panikkar turns them down and humiliates them. However, Kuttan Nair pledges his property, and his daughter Amminikutty sells her ornaments to help Vijayaraghavan start his course. Amminikutty secretly loves Vijayaraghavan and Govindankutty and Kuttan Nair decides to get both married once he gets a job. Kuttan Nair’s nephew Karadi Vasu is an ex-convict to wants to marry Amminikutty, but Kuttan Nair rejects his proposal, and he is roughened up by Govindankutty when they get into an argument about the same. Vijayaraghavan successfully completes his post-graduation course and appears for IPS exam at the advice of their well-wisher Kaimal. He passes the exam and gets popular around his circles for the same. Panikkar who is secretly running a counterfeit currency operation decides to capitalize on this situation. Even if Vijayaraghavan’s mother Naniyamma used to be a maid in their house, he organizes an appreciation event for Vijayaraghavan and announces there that he is going to get him married to his daughter Mini. Govindankutty is furious on hearing this as Panikkar had initially refused to help them with money and he and Kuttan Nair had decided the marriage between Amminikutty and Vijayaraghavan, However Vijayaraghavan reveals that Mini had been secretly helping him with money since he joined for post-graduation to finish his course, and both fell in love in the course. He decides to marry mini which creates a rift between the brothers. On the same day of their marriage, Govindankutty marries Amminikutty to honor his promise to Kuttan Nair. Post wedding, Panikkar uses his influence to get Vijayaraghavan posted in their area itself, but he turns out to be an upright officer who refuses to use his power to help Panikkar for unfair means. Naniyamma’ s presence in their home starts to irk him and his wife. One night he sneaks into Naniyamma’ s bedroom and his wife turn up at the same time to accuse Naniyamma of having an affair with Panikkar. Shocked at the event, Naniyamma returns to her own home without talking about the issue to her son and daughter in law to avoid any embarrassment. Due to the severe shock, she gets bedridden and is shifted to the hospital by Vijayaraghavan. She passes away eventually and Govindankutty is not able to get to the cremation on time since Panikkar had avoided passing the information to him who was away on his work. He turns up at Panikkar’s compound where Naniyamma is being cremated and starts a fight with him. Eventually Karadi vasu stabs and kills a pregnant Amminikutty who jumps in between to save Govindankutty. Kuttan Nair reveals now that Govindankutty and Vijayaraghavan’s father who was Panikkar’s employee was murdered by him when he found out about his counterfeit business. Vijayaraghavan arrests Panicker and Govindankutty rows away with his wife’s corpse.

Cast

as Govindankutty * Sai Kumar as Vijayaraghavan (Younger brother of Govindankuttty) *

as Madhava Panikkar (father of Mini) *

Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...

as Amminikutty (Wife of Govindankutty) * Ranjini as Mini (Wife of Vijayaraghvan) *

M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s an ...

as Kuttan Nair *

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing cred ...

as Naniyamma (Mother of Govindankutty and Vijayaraghavan) *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Mother of Mini *

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 Kaimal *

Innocent Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience. In relation ...

as Ittoopp *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Mathai *

Mohan Raj Mohan Raj, better known by his stage name Keerikkadan Jose, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu-language films. Personal life Mohan Raj is married to Usha. They have two daughters, Jaishma and Kaaviya. He is settled a ...

as Karadi Vasu *

Mammukoya Mamukkoya (born 5 July 1946) is an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema, and has also appeared in French film ''Flammens of Paradise''. He has mostly appeared in comedic roles. His unique usage of the Mappila dialect and style mar ...

as Mohammadkutty *

Priya Priya may refer to: * Priya (given name), a given name of Indian origin * Priya (actress) Karpagavalli better known by her stage name Priya is an Indian actress who worked on South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the ...

as Aleykutty

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...

and the 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

* {{IMDb title, 0278663, Rajavazhcha 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s action drama films 1990 films 1990 drama films Films scored by Johnson