Meghamalhar
Meghamalhar is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language romance film written and directed by Kamal from a story by Iqbal Kuttippuram. It stars Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma in the lead roles, while Poornima Mohan, Sreenath, Shivaji, Siddique and Raghavan plays supporting roles. The film was jointly produced by M. V. Shreyams Kumar for Mathrubhumi and Asianet. The film won two Kerala State Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards South.[1] The movie was reported to be inspired by the 1945 British movie Brief Encounter.[2]
| Meghamalhar | |
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| Directed by | Kamal |
| Screenplay by | Kamal |
| Story by | Iqbal Kuttippuram |
| Produced by | M. V. Shreyams Kumar Asianet |
| Starring | Biju Menon Samyuktha Varma |
| Cinematography | Venugopal |
| Edited by | Beena Paul |
| Music by | Ramesh Narayan |
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| Distributed by | Sargam Speed Release |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
The film is the story of Rajeevan, an advocate and Nandita Menon, a writer. Rajeevan is married to Rekha, a bank employee, and has two kids. Nandita is married to Mukundan, a businessman in the Gulf, and has a daughter. Both meet each other accidentally and in due course their relationship becomes intimate (Mentally). Their tastes and thinking are almost alike.
Megha Malhar movie tells Nandita who is a budding writer who works with a leading newspaper and Rajeevan an attorney. They lead their normal family life happily. A mix-up in the cakes they ordered for their respective kids introduce the protagonists and their background.
Then they meet again, and again. When Rajeev narrates an incident in his childhood bearing uncanny resemblance to Nandita’s short story, she realizes he is her childhood friend on whose shoulders she leaned on in times of distress.
A chemistry develops between them and Rajeev mistakes this to be love and expresses his feelings to her. She responds predictably and tries to alienate him, ignoring him. But later she gifts her book "Megha Malhar" to him, revealing that she is his childhood friend.
Rajeev agrees never to meet her afterwards and meet her for the last time. They travel together to Kanyakumari where they had spent their childhood together and they decide to part their ways and live as strangers. [3]
Towards the autumn of one's life, they met again as strangers.
Cast
- Biju Menon as Adv.Rajeev
- Samyuktha Varma as Nandita (voice dubbed by Bhagyalekshmi)
- Poornima Mohan as Rekha
- Ranjini as Seemanthini Krishnan, Nandita's friend
- Sreenath as Advocate Bhoominathan, Rajeevan's friend
- Shivaji as Santhosh, Rajeevan’s elder brother
- Siddique as Mukundan
- Raghavan
- Ambika Mohan as Rajeevan's sister in law(Debut Film)
- Sanusha as Malavika (Malu), Nandita’s daughter.
- Jijoy Rajagopal as Prasad, the press photographer
- Bindhu Krishna
Soundtrack
Lyrics were by O. N. V. Kurup and Nazim Akhtar. Music was by Ramesh Narayan and Jithesh (Rangathu).
- "Oru Narupushpamaayi" (M) - K. J. Yesudas
- "Oru Narupushpamaayi" (F) - K. S. Chitra, Ramesh Narayan
- "Ponnushassennum" - P. Jayachandran, K. S. Chitra
- "Rangathu" - Jithesh
Awards
- Second Best Film - Meghamalhar
- Best Screenplay - Kamal
- Kerala Film Critics' Awards[6]
- Best Film - Meghamalhar
- Best Screenplay - Kamal
- Best Film - Meghamalhar
- Best Director - Kamal
- Best Actress - Samyuktha Varma
- Best Star Pair - Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma
- Best Cinematographer - Venugopal
- Best Editing - Beena Paul
- Others
- Ramu Kariyat Award for Best Director - Kamal[7]
References
- ^ "Row over Kerala State Films Award - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Row over Kerala State Films Award". The Times of India.
- ^ Unni R. Nair (11 January 2002). "Meghamalhar: Unforgettable experience". Screen India. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ . downloads.movies.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Kerala State Film Awards - 2001" 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [Usurped!]
- ^ (PDF). Khaddama.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
External links
- Meghamalhar at IMDb
- Mehgamalhar at the Malayalam Movie Database