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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Malayalam movie}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Punjabi House<br />
| image = Punjabi House.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = VCD cover<br />
| director = [[Rafi Mecartin]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = Rafi Mecartin<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]<br />
*[[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]]<br />
*[[Jomol]]<br />
*[[Lal (actor)|Lal]]<br />
*[[Cochin Haneefa]]<br />
*[[Harisree Asokan]]<br />
*[[Thilakan]]<br />
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Suresh Peters]]<br>'''Score:'''<br>[[S. P. Venkatesh]]<br />
| cinematography = Anandakuttan<br />
| editing = Harihara Puthran<br />
| studio = New Saga Films<br />
| distributor = New Saga Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|1998|9|4|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 150 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Punjabi House''''' is a 1998 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[Rafi Mecartin]]. It stars [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]], [[Jomol]], [[Lal (actor)|Lal]], [[Cochin Haneefa]], [[Harisree Ashokan]], [[Thilakan]], [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] and [[N. F. Varghese]]. The music was composed by [[Suresh Peters]] and [[S. P. Venkatesh]], the former composing the songs, making his debut as a film composer and the latter composing the score. The film was released as an [[Onam]] release on 4 September 1998. The film was a blockbuster at release even though it clashed with [[Mammootty]]-[[Mohanlal]] starrer [[Harikrishnans]]. Many dialogues from the film turned into popular catchphrases. The character ''Ramanan'' played by Harishree Ashokan is considered one of the best comedy characters in Malayalam movies and has a [[Cult film|cult]] status.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dashamoolam Damu in 'Chattambinadu' - Five movie characters that trollers made iconic|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/photo-features/five-movie-characters-that-trollers-made-iconic/dashamoolam-damu-in-chattambinadu/photostory/65255608.cms|access-date=2021-02-08|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=All 'Ramanan' fans out there, your hero is making a return!|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/harisree-asokan-ramanan-character-punjabi-house-back.html|access-date=2021-02-08|website=OnManorama}}</ref> The movie is considered one of the best [[Slapstick|slapstick comedy film]] in Malayalam cinema and it established Dileep as a leading star and catapulted him into stardom.<ref>{{Cite web|title=12 Malayalam classics that will make you laugh and take you back to the '90s while stuck at home|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2020/03/26/malayalam-comedy-movies-90s-watch-list-coronavirus-lockdown.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Punjabi House returns for a laugh Riot! - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/punjabi-house-returns-for-a-laugh-riot/articleshow/38301846.cms|access-date=2021-02-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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The film was remade in Telugu as ''Maa Balaji'' in 1999, in Kannada with the same title in 2002 and in Hindi as ''[[Chup Chup Ke]]'' in 2006.This film had a [[cult following]] among audience.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Unni ([[Dileep]]) is an unsuccessful entrepreneur, who is in deep debt and in no situation to repay them. Due to torment from his many creditors and lack of solace from his family, he decides to commit suicide (faking it as an accident) so that his debts can be repaid with the insurance money. He jumps off the pier into the sea only to be rescued by fishermen from a distant coast, named Gangadharan ([[Cochin Haneefa]]) and his employee Ramanan ([[Harisree Ashokan]]). Unni pretends to be deaf and mute in front of them, so as to not reveal the truth. Back at home, his family is denied insurance, stating unconfirmed death (owing to lack of body), putting them in a difficult situation on repaying the debt.<br />
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Gangadharan has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of moneylenders who are settled in Kerala. The situation demands Unni and Ramanan to work at their home, until he can repay the sum. There he meets a Punjabi girl named Pooja, who is mute. She finds out that he is not deaf or mute and considers him to be a fraudster, but later sympathises with him after learning his situation. She pays off his debt through Ramanan, without revealing to his family about their living son. The couple eventually fall in love and decide to get married. Her family agrees to their marriage on the condition that he will never desert her, as she had a traumatic failed marriage proposition in the past.<br />
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From Ramanan, by a slip of the tongue, Unni's family comes to know about his survival. They find him and demand him to come back, as Sujatha ([[Jomol]]) who was in love with him, still waits for him living as his widow. He is shocked with the news, but decides not to return, because he does not want to put Pooja through more agony. During the marriage ceremony the next day, the family intervenes, but when Sujatha sees Pooja and the pain that she is going to inflict on her family, she finally decides to let go of him.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]..... Unnikrishnan<br />
*[[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]]..... Pooja<br />
*[[Lal (actor)|Lal]]..... Sikkandar Singh<br />
*[[Cochin Haneefa]]..... Gangadharan<br />
*[[Harisree Asokan]]..... Ramanan<br />
*[[Jomol]]..... Sujatha<br />
*[[Thilakan]]..... Kaimal Master<br />
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]..... Manninder Singh <br />
*[[Neena Kurup]]..... Karishma Manninder (Pooja's Cousin)<br />
*[[Indrans]]..... Uthaman<br />
*[[N. F. Varghese]]..... Sujatha's father Sadashiva Kaimal<br />
*Manka Mahesh..... Unnikrishnan's Mother<br />
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]]..... Thommichan<br />
*[[Machan Varghese]]..... Lawrence<br />
*Samshudh Abel ..... Sonia the wrestler<br />
* [[Reena (actress)|Reena]] <br />
* Praseetha Menon ..... cook<br />
* Gayathri<br />
* [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] (uncredited role)<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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{{ Track listing<br />
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| extra_column = Artist(s)<br />
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| all_lyrics = [[S. Ramesan Nair]]<br />
| all_music = [[Suresh Peters]]<br />
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| title1 = Balla Balla<br />
| extra1 = [[Swarnalatha]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Choir]]<br />
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| title2 = Ellam Marakkam<br />
| extra2 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
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| title3 = Eriyunna Karalinte<br />
| extra3 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]<br />
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| title4 = Sona Re Sona Re<br />
| extra4 = M. G. Sreekumar<br />
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| title5 = Udicha Chandirante<br />
| extra5 = Mano, M. G. Sreekumar, Choir<br />
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==Release==<br />
This film was released on 4 September 1998, as an [[Onam]] release along with six other major releases, becoming the 2nd highest grossing movie of year.<br />
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==Remakes==<br />
*''Punjabi House'' was remade in Hindi as ''[[Chup Chup Ke]]'', directed by [[Priyadarshan]].<br />
*''Punjabi House'' was remade in Telugu as ''[[Maa Balaji]]'', directed by [[Kodi Ramakrishna]].<br />
*''Punjabi House'' was remade in Kannada in the same name.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{imdb title|id=0274012}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1998 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1998 comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]</div>imported>Rodw