Varnapakittu

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{{Infobox film
| name = Varnapakittu
| image = Varnapakittu.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster designed by [[Gayathri Ashokan]]
| director = [[I. V. Sasi]]<ref>{{cite news|title=ഐ.വി.ശശി സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത ചിത്രങ്ങൾ|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2017/10/24/i-v-sasi-movie-list.html|access-date=9 February 2018|publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=24 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=മോഹൻ|first1=നവീൻ|title=അവളുടെ രാവുകൾ' ഒരു ധൈര്യമാണ്; അത്രയും 'ബോൾഡ്' ആണ് ഐ.വി.ശശിയും|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2017/10/24/avalude-ravukal-malayalam-movie.html|access-date=9 February 2018|publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=25 October 2017}}</ref>
| producer = Jokuttan
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Babu Janardhanan]]
| story = Jokuttan
| narrator =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Mohanlal]] [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] [[Meena (actress)|Meena]] [[Jagadish]] [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] [[Divyaa Unni]]
| music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = Aravind Kamalanathan
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]
| studio = BJL Creations
| distributor = Pranamam Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1997|4|4}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = ₹2.75 crore
| gross = 
}}

'''''Varnapakittu''''' ({{Translation|Vibrant colors}}) is a 1997 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[I. V. Sasi]] and written by [[Babu Janardhanan]] from a story by Jokuttan. The film features [[Mohanlal]] and [[Meena (actress)|Meena]] in lead roles, with [[Jagadish]], [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Divyaa Unni]], [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Rajan P. Dev]], [[M. G. Soman]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite news|title=വര്‍ണ്ണപ്പകിട്ട് (1997)|url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=3025|access-date=9 February 2018|publisher=Malayala Chalachithram}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=വർണ്ണപ്പകിട്ട് (1997)|url=http://msidb.org/m.php?2196|access-date=9 February 2018|publisher=മലയാള സംഗീതം}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=വർണ്ണപ്പകിട്ട്|url=https://www.m3db.com/film/1644|access-date=9 February 2018|publisher=M3DB}}</ref> The movie, directed by I V Sasi, was a flop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2015/mohanlal-10-underrated-movies/articlecontent-pf86370-183037.html|title = Mohanlal's 10 Underrated Movies|date = 12 May 2015}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{More plot|date=October 2019}}
Sunny Palamattam ([[Mohanlal]]) is a successful businessman in [[Singapore]]. He enjoys a flamboyant life with girlfriend Sandra Valookaran ([[Meena (actress)|Meena]]). His business rival, Mohammad Ali, was a partner who left after he was found embezzling company funds.

Sunny discloses his past to Sandra: his family was a happy one, until Pappan ([[Rajan P. Dev]]) framed Sunny's father Ittichan ([[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]) in a fraud case. Shortly after, Ittichan died of a heart attack, and Sunny's engagement with fiancée Nancy ([[Divya Unni]]) was called off. Sunny fled to [[Mumbai]], and then to Singapore with Kuruvilla's help.

Later, Sunny learns that Sandra, who he plans to marry, is actually a [[call girl]] hired by Mohammad Ali, to spy on Sunny and foil his business plans. To fulfill his marriage commitment to his family, he and Sandra pretend they are still engaged when they go to visit Sunny's family in [[Kerala]]. In his hometown, he meets the old enemies who falsely accused his father of theft and thus ruined the family reputation.

Sunny plans to take revenge on Pappan, Tonychen ([[Ganesh Kumar]]) and company, aided by Paily ([[Jagadish]]). In the meantime, he meets Nancy who is now married to Paulachen ([[Dileep]]), Tonychen's younger brother. When Tony tries to sexually assault Nancy, Paulachan is humiliated and commits suicide.

Mohammad Ali arrives with a gang from Singapore to reveal Sunny's "false marriage" ploy in an attempt to destroy him. Sunny pleads with Mohammad Ali to forget everything so that he can live a happy life and offers all his assets to Mohammad Ali, but Mohammad Ali has a change of heart and leaves Sunny and his family alone. In the end Sunny and Sandra appear with a happy family.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Mohanlal]] as Sunny Palamattom
*[[Meena (actress)|Meena]] as Sandra / Alina
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Paulachen
*[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Palamattom Ittichan, Sunny's Father
*[[Jagadish]] as Paily, Sunny's Friend
*[[Divya Unni]] as Nancy Paul
*[[Rajan P. Dev]] as Pullankunnel Pappan
*[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Pullankunnel Tonychen
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Ramaswamy Iyer
*[[M. G. Soman]] as Kuruvilla
*[[Reena (actress)|Reena]] as Kuruvilla's wife
*[[Bheeman Raghu]] as SI Damodaran Nair
*[[N. F. Varghese]] as Father Joseph Varghese
*[[Sadiq (Indian actor)|Sadiq]] as Kunjoonju
*[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]] as Sunny's Mother
*[[Reshmi Soman]] as Mollykutty, Sunny's Younger Sister
*[[Kazan Khan]] as Mohammed Ali
*[[Kundara Johny]] as Advocate Chandrashekharan, Sunny's Advocate
*[[Usha (actress)|Usha]] as Tonychen's Wife
*[[Kanakalatha]] as Sunny's Elder Sister
*[[Seetha (Malayalam actress)|Seetha]] as Sukanya, Sandra's Sister
*[[Yavanika Gopalakrishnan]] as Sunny's Brother In Law
*Maya as TV Reporter
*Elias Babu as Kunjukochu Nancy's Father
*[[Antony Perumbavoor]] as a man in store
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The songs were composed by Vidyasagar. "Velli Nila" is based on "Ooohalalo Oopirilo" from ''Urmila'' (1993).
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Aakashangalil
| extra1 = [[K S Chitra]]
| title2 = Anupama Sneha Chaithanyame
| extra2 = [[K S Chitra]]
| title3 = Okkela Okkela
| extra3 = M. G. Sreekumar Sujatha Mohan
| title4 = Velli Nila
| extra4 = M G Sreekumar K S Chitra
| title5 = Manikyakallaal
| extra5 = M. G. Sreekumar, [[Swarnalatha]]
| title6 = Doore Mamarakkombil
| extra6 = K. S. Chitra
| title7 = Doore Mamarakkombil
| extra7 = M. G. Sreekumar
| lyrics1 = Gireesh Puthencherry
| lyrics2 = Jose Kallukulam
| lyrics3 = Gireesh Puthencherry Gangai Amaran
| lyrics4 = Gireesh Puthencherry
| lyrics5 = Gireesh Puthencherry
| lyrics6 = Gireesh Puthencherry
| lyrics7 = Gireesh Puthencherry
}}

==Box Office==
Varnapakittu was a flop in the year 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/resume-superstar-30-years-mohanlal-rajavinte-makan-pulimurugan-54938|title = Resume of a superstar: 30 years of Mohanlal from Rajavinte Makan to Pulimurugan|date = 28 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/iv-sasi-remembering-director-who-gave-us-superstars-mammootty-and-mohanlal-70700|title = IV Sasi: Remembering the director who gave us superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal|date = 28 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/mohanlal-meena-combo-best-5-movies-of-munthirivallikal-thalirkkumbol-pair/articlecontent-pf193599-252284.html|title = Mohanlal-Meena Combo: Best 5 Movies of the Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol Pair!|date = 21 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inuth.com/entertainment/malayalam-movies/munthirivallikal-thalirkkumbol-shatters-pulimurugans-opening-record-in-ireland/|title=Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol shatters Pulimurugan's opening record in Ireland|date=19 February 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0290098}}
* http://en.msidb.org/m.php?2196
* http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6392/varnapakittu.html

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[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:1990s romance films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1990s action films]]
[[Category:Films directed by I. V. Sasi]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Films set in Singapore]]
[[Category:Films shot in Singapore]]

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