''Thooval Kottaram'' ( ml, തൂവല്‍ കൊട്ടാരം, en, Feather Palace) is a 1996 Indian

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directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by A. K. Lohithadas. It stars

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, Dileep,

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, Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Murali in the main roles. The music was composed by Johnson. The film won three Filmfare Awards South. The film was a commercial success and played for 300 days in theatres. Jayaram won his first Kerala State Film Award, a

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, for his role as Adv. Mohanachandra Poduval.

Plot

Mohanachandra Poduval is a lawyer, also working as a plumber, caterer, electrical worker, driver, and chenda player at festival programs. He is engaged to Sujatha, a music and dance teacher, who is the daughter of Achu Marar. Ravi Chandran, his younger brother, is in medical school. Mohanachandran is hopeful that, once his brother becomes a doctor, his financial troubles will be reduced. Radhakrishnan, his brother-in-law and a police constable, brings an alliance of his senior officer, a police inspector for his sister Remani, which gets almost fixed. Things go smoothly until Devaprabha and her grandfather Rama Varma arrive in the village. The heiress of the royal family, Devaprabha forms a strong relationship with Mohanachandran. Devapriya was suffering from depression after the death of her only brother Sudev Varma and came to the village as part of a treatment. Mohanchandran helps her become almost normal. However, Sujatha, his fiancée, finds it intolerable and complains to him. Slowly things go out of control as Devaprabha turns stubborn and possessive about Mohanachandran. One day, he flatly refuses to accompany her, adding that he doesn't want to see her. Devaprabha again shows changes in behavior, making Ramavarma fear that her mental problems are returning. He asks his son Balarama Varma, a rich businessman in Bangalore to come. He proposes that she marry Mohanachandran. But Mohanachandran is unwilling. Balarama Varma approaches Achu Marar and Sujatha and asks them to leave Mohanachandran to help his daughter. At that time, Devaprabha surprises everyone by revealing that she sees Mohanachandran as her dead brother, by calling him "Sudev".

Cast

as Adv Mohanachandran Pothuval * Dileep as Ravichandra Pothuval *

as Sujatha, Mohanachandran's love interest *

as Devaprabha Varma * Murali as Balaraman Varma, father of Devaprabha Varma * Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Achuthan Marar *Babu Swamy as Ramavarma Thampuran * Innocent as Radhakrishnan *Lakshmi Krishnamurthy as Madhavi * Bindu Panicker as Rama *

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as Moytheen Hajiyar *

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as Kunjuraman Menon * Sankaradi as Advocate * Paravoor Ramachandran as Ramabhadran * Sreenath as Advocate Salim * Sona Nair as Hema * Kozhikode Narayanan Nair * Sadiq *Manju Satheesh as Maalu

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Johnson and the lyrics were written by Kaithapram and Sathyan Anthikad (Thankanoopuramo).

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sang most of the songs in the film. K. S. Chithra, Lekha, and Raveendran were the other singers involved.

Awards

; Kerala State Film Award * Best Male Playback Singer -

* Second Best Actor - Oduvil Unnikrishnan *

; Filmfare Awards South * Best Film - Malayalam - P. V. Gangadharan * Best Director - Malayalam - Sathyan Anthikad * Best Actor - Malayalam -

Box office

The film was commercial success and ran over 300 days in theatres.

References

External links

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Thooval Kottaram
at Pixslate {{A. K. Lohithadas 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s romance films 1996 films Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad Films scored by Johnson Films with screenplays by A. K. Lohithadas Films shot in Ottapalam Films shot at Varikkasseri Mana