''Simhavalan Menon'' () is a

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Indian

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-language

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directed by

Viji Thampi Viji Thampi is an Indian film director, actor and social activist who works in Malayalam films. Thampi is a member of Thiruvananthapuram regional board of the Central Board of Film Certification and the State Advisor of Kerala Kshetra Samraksha ...

and written by

Sasidharan Arattuvazhi Sasidharan Arattuvazhi (25 August 1955 21 January 2001) was an Indian playwright and screenwriter. Within a career spanning more than two decades, he wrote 20 screenplays and 12 plays. Biography Sasi was born at Arattuvazhi in Alappuzha dist ...

. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles.It is a remake of the 1979

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film ''

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'', of which some scenes were used in a previous Malayalam film ''

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'' (1986), directed by

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, starring

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and

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in the corresponding roles. The film has musical score by

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Plot

Hariprasad, a young rock musician, is forced by his uncle to attend an interview at the firm owned by Simhavalan Menon as he feared that Hariprasad would waste his life on music and lacked purpose in life. His uncle gives him some pointers on how to impress Menon. He tells Hariprasad that Menon is a strict person, who upheld

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an values, likes Classical music and above all forced everyone in the office to speak in

without the use of any English words. Hariprasad goes to the interview pretending to be a person with the above attributes, he is hired by Menon after being impressed by his attitude and tells him that it is very rare that he sees such values in young men. But one day Menon is shocked to see him among some

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fans after a match, as Hariprasad had earlier told Menon that he needed half day off to visit a relative who was seriously ill. An angry Menon confronts him in the office next day and tells him he was most disappointed by his behaviour. Hariprasad, on sensing that he might get fired, manages to convince Menon that whom he had seen was in fact his wayward twin brother Giriprasad, which was a total lie. He tells Menon that his brother was a good painter and Menon asks him to get his brother to teach painting to his daughter, Geetanjali. Hariprasad goes as Giriprasad to Menon's house and falls in love with Geetanjali. Menon decides to marry her to Hariprasad and tells Giriprasad of his intentions. Hariprasad juggles between both the persona in the movie and tries in every possible way to not to let Menon know the truth.

Cast

as Simhavalan Menon / Gokulathu Gangadharan Gauridasan Menon *

as Hariprasad / Giriprasad *

as Adv. Kunjachan Kunjeria *

as Geethanjali Menon *

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as Aravindan * Siddique as

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Balram *

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as Subhadra Kunjamma *

Zeenath Zeenath A.P is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. She was a prominent supporting actress during the 1990s in Malayalam films. Background Zeenath was born to Abu Achippuram and Fathima in Nilambur, Malappuram district. She had her primary edu ...

as Gomathi Menon *

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as Urmila *

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as M. N. Nambiar * Mahesh as Arun Nambiar *

as Musthafa * Jagannathan as Panicker * Manu Varma as Dominic Daniel *

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as Shivan, Dominic Daniel's accomplice * Rani Larius as Lady Smuggling Carrier

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Gireesh Puthenchery Girish Puthenchery (1961–2010) was a noted Malayalam Lyricist, Poet, Scriptwriter and Screenwriter. He was always referred to as the aristocratic lyricist of Malayalam who had a distinctive writing style of his own. He also served as the direc ...

References

External links

* 1995 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy films Malayalam remakes of Hindi films Films directed by Viji Thampi {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub