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Directed by | Rajan Sankaradi |
Screenplay by | A. K. Sajan A. K. Santhosh |
Story by | Lal Jose |
Produced by | Prem Prakash Sajan Varghese |
Starring | Dileep Tejali Ghanekar Thilakan Zeenath Jagathy Sreekumar |
Cinematography | Sanjeev Shankar |
Edited by | Venugopal |
Music by | Ouseppachen |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Meenathil Thalikettu (transl. Wedding in Meenam) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language Coming of age comedy-drama film directed by Rajan Sankaradi and written by A. K. Sajan and A. K. Santhosh from a story by Lal Jose. It features Dileep, Thilakan, Zeenath, and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The plot follows Omanakkuttan (Dileep), a 23-year-old, who is still in high school. He has to marry his friend's sister, Malu, under pressure.
Meenathil Thalikettu was based on an idea that occurred to Dileep in which "a schoolboy gets married due to circumstances".[1] This was further developed into a story by Lal Jose, while the script was written by A. K. Sajan and A. K. Santosh.[1] Sanjeev Shankar was the cinematographer, and Venugopal edited the film, which was primarily filmed in. The music was composed by Ouseppachan.[1]
The film was remade in Kannada with some changes as Kanasina Loka (2004) starring Friends movie fame Vasu, Gopika, in her Kannada debut, Srinivasa Murthy, Mukhyamantri chandru, Shailaja joshi and others and was released on 17th April 2004.
Plot
[edit]Omanakkuttan is 23 years old and still in high school, a fact which angers his father, Govindan. His life takes a turn when he goes to his friend, Sudhi's sister's marriage. Due to certain circumstances, he has to marry Malathi, Sudhi's sister. This angers his father. However, he allows them to stay in his home. Malu becomes pregnant, and both Omanakkuttan and Malu are thrown out of the house since Omanakkuttan doesn't agree to abort his baby according to his father's wish.
Cast
[edit]- Dileep as Omanakkuttan / Omana
- Tejali Ghanekar as Malathi / Malu, Omanakuttan's Wife[2]
- Thilakan as Govindan Nambeeshan, Omanakuttan's Father
- Jagathi Sreekumar as Kaimal Mash, Omanakkuttan's Mentor
- Zeenath as Sharada, Omanakuttan's Mother
- Baby Ambili as Ammini, Omanakkuttan's Sister[3][4]
- Janardanan as Kunjiraman, Malu's Uncle
- Kalabhavan Mani as Achutty
- Krishna Prasad as Sudhi, Malu's Brother
- Adoor Bhawani as Kaimal's Grandmother
- Yadu Krishnan as Omanakkuttan's Friend
- Jose Prakash as Company Manager
- Vijay Menon as Rozario
- Thesni Khan as Nancy
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Doctor
- Sukumari as Durga
- Sankaradi as Durga's Husband
- Santhakumari as Malathi's Mother
- Elias Babu as Bridegroom's Father
- Shobha Sankar as The women in Temple
- Meena Ganesh as Janu
- Omana Ouseph as Malu's Aunt
- Nandhu Poduval as Flower Seller
- Abraham Koshy as Police Officer
Soundtrack
[edit]The film's soundtrack contains eight songs, all composed by Ouseppachan, with lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.
# | Title | Singer(s) |
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1 | "Aaromale" | K. J. Yesudas |
2 | "Dooreyoru Thaaram" | K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra |
3 | "Dooreyoru Thaaram" (F) | K. S. Chitra |
4 | "Kaanaakkoottin" | M. G. Sreekumar, Reju Joseph |
5 | "Maarivillin" | M. G. Sreekumar |
6 | "Maarivillinmel" | K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan |
7 | "Oru Poovine" | K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan |
8 | "Oru Poovine" | Sujatha Mohan, Chorus |
Remake
[edit]The film was remade in Kannada with some changes as Kanasina Loka (2004) starring Friends movie fame Vasu, Gopika, in her Kannada debut, Srinivasa Murthy, Mukhyamantri chandru, Shailaja joshi and others. The film was directed by GS Sarasakumar and was released on 17th April 2004. The remake was a flop.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lal Jose - 36 | Charithram Enniloode | Safari TV, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ^ "'മീനത്തിൽ താലികെട്ടി'ലൂടെ മനം കവർന്ന സുന്ദരി; സുലേഖ ഇതാ ഇവിടെയുണ്ട്!". 9 November 2020.
- ^ "ദിലീപിന്റെ അനിയത്തിയായി എത്തിയ വായാടിക്കുട്ടി; ഇന്ന് അഭിഭാഷക". 27 November 2021.
- ^ "തനിക്ക് പകരമാണ് കാവ്യ മാധവൻ ദിലീപിൻ്റെ നായികയായത്; തൻ്റെ നായികയാവണമെന്ന് ദിലീപ് പറഞ്ഞെന്ന് നടി അമ്പിളി". 19 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Meenathil Thalikettu at IMDb
- https://archive.today/20130218013408/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6326/meenathil-thalikettu.html