''T. P. Balagopalan M. A.'' is a 1986 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Anthikkad. Starring

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in the title role, along with

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Balan K. Nair Balakrishnan Nair, more popularly known as Balan K. Nair (4 April 1933 26 August 2000) was an Indian actor known for his roles in Malayalam cinema. Although he appeared as a villain in most films, he was also noted for his performances in stron ...

, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sreenivasan,

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, and

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. The story follows T. P. Balagopalan, who struggles to make ends meet and his romantic life with Anitha. The film won two

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—

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for Mohanlal and Best Story for Anthikkad.

Plot

The film revolves around T. P. Balagopalan, a low-scale employee at Falcon products who is also a kind and caring young man. He owns some land which his elder sister and her husband are trying to grab from him. He falls in love with a school teacher Anitha, whom he meets in one of his marketing trysts for Falcon products. He loses his land when he tries to help her father in a litigation. He also loses his job due to labor union issues. His younger sister, not being able to get married in a traditional arranged marriage set up, marries his friend Narayanankutty. His elder sister and family leave his house when they find out that he does not have the land anymore. Meanwhile, Anitha's father wins the court case and becomes rich. He returns Balagopalan's money, but refuses to acknowledge his love with Anitha. He tries to get her married off to the lawyer who appeared for him in High Court and won the case for him. However, Anitha runs away on the day off her wedding to go and live with Balagopalan at his home town. So Balagopalan, Anitha and Balagopalan's grandmother happily start living in his home town as the film ends.

Cast

as T. P. Balagopalan *

as Anitha *

as Sathyan, Anitha's Father *

as Lathika, Anitha's Mother * Adoor Bhavani as Radhika, Balagopalan's Grandmother * Kuthiravattam Pappu as Chandrankutty, Balagopalan's Brother-In-Law *

as Balagopalan's Elder Sister * Sreenivasan as Advocate Ramakrishnan *

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as Devi * Maniyanpilla Raju as Narayankutty *

Kothuku Nanappan Kothuku Nanappan (12 March 1935 – 26 December 1994) was an Indian theater actor, mimicry artist and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1980s and 1990s. His popular movies are '' Naadodikkaattu'' (1987), '' Aanaval Mothiram'' (1991), ''S ...

as Kannappan * Suresh Gopi as Man arranged to wed Devi *

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in Hi ...

as in a

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as a film director

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

A. T. Ummer Anjukandy Thalakkal Ummer ( ml, അഞ്ചുകണ്ടി തളയ്ക്കൽ ഉമ്മർ) (10 March 1933 – 18 October 2001) was a Malayalam music composer from Kerala, India. He is known for composing many soft melodies for 174 ...

and the lyrics were written by Sathyan Anthikkad.

Awards

;

* Best Story - Sathyan Anthikkad

References

External links

* 1986 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad 1986 comedy-drama films 1986 comedy films 1986 drama films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films scored by A. T. Ummer {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub