''T. P. Balagopalan M. A.'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Anthikkad. Starring Mohanlal in the title role, along with Shobana, Balan K. Nair, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. The story follows T. P. Balagopalan, who struggles to make ends meet and his romantic life with Anitha. The film won two Kerala State Film Awards—Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for Mohanlal and Kerala State Film Award for Best Story, Best Story for Anthikkad.

Plot

The film revolves around T. P. Balagopalan, a low-scale employee at Falcon products who is also a kind and caring young man. He owns some land which his elder sister and her husband are trying to grab from him. He falls in love with a school teacher Anitha, whom he meets in one of his marketing trysts for Falcon products. He loses his land when he tries to help her father in a litigation. He also loses his job due to labor union issues. His younger sister, not being able to get married in a traditional arranged marriage set up, marries his friend Narayanankutty. His elder sister and family leave his house when they find out that he does not have the land anymore. Meanwhile, Anitha's father wins the court case and becomes rich. He returns Balagopalan's money, but refuses to acknowledge his love with Anitha. He tries to get her married off to the lawyer who appeared for him in High Court and won the case for him. However, Anitha runs away on the day off her wedding to go and live with Balagopalan at his home town. So Balagopalan, Anitha and Balagopalan's grandmother happily start living in his home town as the film ends.

Cast

* Mohanlal as T. P. Balagopalan * Shobana as Anitha * Balan K. Nair as Sathyan, Anitha's Father * Sukumari as Lathika, Anitha's Mother * Adoor Bhavani as Radhika, Balagopalan's Grandmother * Kuthiravattam Pappu as Chandrankutty, Balagopalan's Brother-In-Law * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Balagopalan's Elder Sister * Sreenivasan as Advocate Ramakrishnan * Uma Bharani as Devi * Maniyanpilla Raju as Narayankutty * Kothuku Nanappan as Kannappan * Suresh Gopi as Man Arranged marriage, arranged to wed Devi * Priyadarshan as in a cameo appearance as a film director

Soundtrack

The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and the lyrics were written by Sathyan Anthikkad.

Awards

;Kerala State Film Awards *Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor, Best Actor - Mohanlal *Kerala State Film Award for Best Story, Best Story - Sathyan Anthikkad

References

External links

* 1986 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad 1986 comedy-drama films 1986 comedy films 1986 drama films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films scored by A. T. Ummer {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub