''Punnaram Cholli Cholli'' is a 1985 Indian

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-language romantic drama film directed by

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 ...

and written by

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from a story by Priyadarshan. Starring

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and Rahman. The film was a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

Biju is a motherless boy from a rich family. He studies in Ooty in a boarding school and spends his vacations in his father's ancestral village. His father, a busy lawyer has no time for him or his vast property. The property is looked after by Krishnankutty Nair and his assistant, Shivaraman. The duo live off the property selling the produce on the sly because Biju is too innocent to notice anything. Vinodini, the niece of the local baker Peethambharan reaches the village to join for duty at the local bank. Biju saves her from reaching her uncle's house via a long route suggested by Shivaraman and Krishnankutty Nair. Vinodini considers Biju her younger brother and the lonely Biju becomes good friends with her. The conniving duo, Shivaraman and Krishnankutty Nair, mislead Biju into believing that Vinodini is in love with him and desires him as her husband. They want the boy out of their way so that they can pilfer from the farm without having to look out for him. The innocent boy falls for their story. This leads to misunderstandings, disappointment, jealousy and the duo further goad him to take revenge for a perceived rejection which leads to a terrible tragedy.

Cast

* Rahman as Biju *

Zarina Wahab Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in '' Chitchor'' and '' Gopal Krishna'' in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like ''Madanolsavam'', '' Chamaram'' ...

as Vinodini *

as Aravind *

as Rameshan *

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as Peethambharan *

Bharath Gopi Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair (2 November 1937 – 29 January 2008), popularly known by the stage name Bharat Gopy, was an Indian actor, producer and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in ...

as Krishnankutty Nair *

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as Shivaraman * Lissy * C. I. Paul * Sukumari

Songs

The movie had four songs composed by Jerry Amaldev and written by O. N. V. Kurup #"Arayarayo Kinginiyo" - K. S. Chithra #"Atha Poovum Nulli" - K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra #"Neerkili Neenthi Vaa" - K. S. Chithra #"Vaa Kuruvi Inakkuruvi" - M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra

Reception

''Punnaram Cholli Cholli'' was distributed by Dinny Films and was a commercial success at the box office.

References

External links

* {{Priyadarshan 1985 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Priyadarshan Films scored by Jerry Amaldev