''Kadinjool Kalyanam'' () is a

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Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language family drama film directed by Rajasenan and starring

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional ...

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and

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. The film marks the first collaboration of Rajasenan and

. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Ennavale Adi Ennavale'' with actor Vikram lending his voice for Jayaram.

Plot

Sudhakaran is a manager in an interstate bus office. He loves Ramani and they hope to marry when she finishes her studies. Sudhakaran's father, a palmist, reads Ramani's hand one day and predicts that a marriage between her and Sudhakaran will end in Sudhakaran's death. Ramani is heart broken but decides that she will not marry Sudhakaran. Sudhakaran is angry with his father for whom he has only contempt. Ramani marries another man and Sudhakaran becomes depressed. Panicker notices his favorite employee's state of mind and promises to find him a bride worthy of his respect and love. Sudhakaran though hesitant gives into the suggestion and marries Hridayakumari. Hridayakumari, the new bride is a simple girl with the stubbornness and willfulness of a child. Her behaviour vexes Sudhakaran and his mother. They suspect she is mentally challenged. One thing leads to another and one day, Sudhakaran's accepts the telemarketing tactics of a contract killer and pays to get Hridayakumari killed. But afterwards, Sudhakaran comes home to see that Hridayakumari has had a change of heart. He now wants to back out from this decision to kill Hridayakumari. He also learns that she is pregnant. Sudhakaran desperately tries to contact the contract killers to ask them to back out, but he couldn't contact them again. He totally panics and tries to protect Hridayakumari from unknown possibility of a murder attempt. The climax of the film reveals the characters' multi-dimensional natures.

Cast

as Sudhakaran *

as Hridayakumari * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Chinnamalu (Sudhakaran's mother) *

as Pathira Panicker *

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as Sivaraman * Suchitra Murali as Ramani *

Oduvil Unnikrishnan Oduvil Unnikrishnan (13 February 1943 – 27 May 2006) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He has portrayed supporting roles in both dramatic and comedic roles.The HindMalayalam film actor Oduvil Unnikrishnan dead He is a four- ...

as Pothuval *

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as Imbichi Koya *

Krishnankutty Nair Krishnankutty Nair was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was from Pippinmoodu, near Sasthamangalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Nair worked with various theatre groups before becoming a film actor. Known for his natural acti ...

as Veerabhadran (Sudhakaran's father) *

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as Mathai *

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* Rajan P. Dev *

Valsala Menon Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in ...

as Bhavaniyamma *

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as Kadambari (Panicker's wife) *

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as Prakashan (Mandhan Prakashan) * T. R. Omana * Sangeetha as Pothuval's wife *

Bobby Kottarakkara Bobby Kottarakkara (11 March 1952 – 3 December 2000) was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He was born to Pareedkunju Ravuthar in Kottarakkara. He began his acting career on stage. He made his film debut with Mucheettukalikkaara ...

as Sankaran * Kalabhavan Rahman as Gangadharan

Soundtrack

The film had musical score composed by

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer a ...

and lyrics by Bichu Thirumala, who won his second

Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Ch ...

for this movie. # Manassil Ninnum Manassilekk - K. J. Yesudas # Pulari Viriyum Mumbe - K. J. Yesudas

Awards

was awarded the

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards were managed direct ...

. Bichu Thirumala was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricst

References

External links

* 1991 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Rajasenan {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub