''Kinnaripuzhayoram'' is a 1994

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film directed by Haridas and screenplay written by

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and story by

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. It stars

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, Siddique,

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, Devayani,

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and Janardhanan in the main roles. It was the Malayalam Debut film for actress Devayani.

Plot

Thirusherry Madhavan Vaidyar is a well established Ayurvedic medical practitioner in a village. He has two sons, Dr. Unnikrishnan and Kunjikrishnan. Unnikrishnan is studying MBBS, while Kunjikrishnan has not studied beyond the 8th standard. Kunjikrishnan kills a patient by giving him the wrong medicine and Vaidyar gets angry as the kin of the victim wants to murder him. Kunjikrishnan is in love with his cousin Indu. She falls in love with Unnikrishnan and is promised to him in marriage. When Kunjikrishnan learns this, he leaves the village and comes back as a fraud holy man who practices Ayurvedic medicine. He and his assistant Chacko, a well-known fraudster using the pseudonym "Thirumeni" fool the villagers by their magic and medicines made adding ayurvedic materials to powdered regular pills, which they obtain by paying a bribe to the doctor, ruining the practice of his brother Siddique. Their uncle Sivashankaran Nair, the father of Indu tries to forcibly marry her to Kunjikrishnan. Unnikrishnan and her decision to play a prank on Kunjikrishnan and Chacko by making her act insane just as Kunjikrishnan tries to marry her. They believe she is really insane and try their cures. In the end, the policeman arrests Chacko and warns Kunjikrishnan never to tie up with fraudsters. Unnikrishnan and Indu marry.

Cast

as Kunjikrishnan * Siddique as Dr. Unnikrishnan *

as Thirusherry Madhavan Vaidyar ** Kunjikrishnan & Unnikrishnan's father * Devayani as Indhu *

as Chacko *

as Policeman (Extended cameo appearance) * Janardhanan as Sivashankaran Nair ** Indhu's father * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Lakshmikutty ** Madhavan Vaidhyar's wife and Sivashankaran's sister *

Kanakalatha Kanakalatha (born 24 August 1960) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Malayalam cinema. Personal life Kanakalatha was born to parents Parameshwaran Pillai and Chinnamma at Kollam, Kerala. She attended the Government Girls Sch ...

as Savithri ** Indhu's mother * Cochin Haneefa as Moothedathu Kumaran * Bobe Kottarakkara as villager

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "If you are someone who loves the Harithabha and Pachappu (greenery), and miss those badly, this movie will fill your heart!"

References

External links

* 1994 films 1990s Malayalam-language films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub