''Choodatha Pookal'' is a 1985

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film, directed by M. S. Baby and produced by V. Gopalakrishnan Nair. The film stars Sukumaran,

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in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Joy.

Cast

* Sukumaran as Mohan *

as Prem *

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as Ravi *

as Hema * Zarina Wahab as Sreedevi * Kalpana *

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as Warrier *

* Vijay Menon as Suresh *

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*Master Vimal

Plot

Hema, Prem, Ravi & Sreedevi were College mates. Prem and Ravi liked Hema, but she saw them as friends. During her MBBS course, Hema meets Mohan and fell in love with him. Mohan also reciprocates it. Mohan had to leave for home owing to poor health of his father where he marries Sreedevi being last wish of his father. Hema learns about it from a letter sent by Mohan. Hema is a leading Surgeon in a hospital now. Accidentally she meets Sreedvi & Mohan while Sreedevi is not aware of the past relationship of Mohan. Hema saves the life of Mohan's son who met with an accident on the day when Hema lost her brother in an accident. Sreedevi tries to renew friendship with Hema while Mohan is worried whether Hema's visit will spoil his family. Sreedevi discovers the past relationship of Hema and Mohan from a letter she discovered from Hema's house. Sreedevi doubts both Mohan and Hema. Sreedevi plans to leave Mohan for their past relationship and suspicion and Hema sacrifices her life to avoid separation of the couple because of her.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. J. Joy and the lyrics were written by

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and

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References

External links

* 1985 films 1980s Malayalam-language films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub