Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran

Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran (transl. The Poor Prince) is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Kamal and written by Sreenivasan. The film is based on the short story Kottu Baakki by S. K. Pottekkad. This film stars Sreenivasan, Rekha, Siddique, Jagadish and Maniyanpilla Raju. Jayaram appears in an extended guest role in the film, which was a huge hit at the box office. The sub-plots of the movie were used in the 1991 Tamil movie Gopura Vasalile.

Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran
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Directed by	Kamal
Produced by	Madhavan Nair
Written by	Sreenivasan
Starring	Sreenivasan Rekha Siddique Jagadish Maniyanpilla Raju Jayaram Kottayam Santha Usha
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Production company	Cherupushpam Films
Release date	1990 May 04
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

The film is about 4 parallel college teachers - Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan, Sujanapalan and Gangan who reside in the same rented house. Gopalakrishnan is a miser and apart from sharing the rent, does not contribute money for any household or luxury items. Due to Gopalakrishnan's bizarre and timid personality, his friends along with Shankaran, fool him by posting him love letters in the name of a fictitious girl named Radhika and thus making him buy what they want, including chairs and a television. Gopalakrishnan meets Radhika - a banker working near his college and mistakes it to be the one who has been posting him the love letters. There is a change in Gopalakrishnan's frugal behaviour and his friends enjoy by posting love letters regularly.

Gopalakrishnan gradually develops an intimate relationship with Radhika, but all his efforts to meet her are in vain. When he actually meets Radhika, whom he believes to be in love with her cousin Ashok, she fails to identify him and treats him as a maniac. Gopalakrishnan understands that his friends had fooled him and assures Radhika that he will not meet her again. Heartbroken, he leaves his job and the city. Aravindan, Sujanapalan and Gangan feel guilty for what they have done and fail to find Gopalakrishnan.

After 5 years, Aravindan receives a letter from Gopalakrishnan inviting him and his friends to Lovedale, a hill station in Tamil Nadu. It is from this point that the film actually begins. When they arrive at Lovedale, Gopalakrishnan attempts to murder them, but then forgives them, and they are pleasantly surprised to see Gopalakrishnan and Radhika being happily married. Gopalakrishnan reveals that he got a job in Lovedale as a teacher and accidentally met Radhika, who was posted in Lovedale as a banker. It was destiny which made them meet again and get married.

Cast

• Sreenivasan as P. K. Gopalakrishnan
• Rekha as Radhika Menon
• Siddique as Aravindan Master
• Jagadish as Sujanapalan Master
• Maniyanpilla Raju as Gangadharan Master
• Mamukkoya as Sankarettan
• Jayaram as Ashok (Cameo appearance)
• Innocent as K. K. Menon, Radhika's father who claims to be a Gandhian but tries to use violence on Gopalakrishnan for telling him to drink
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Principal Kurup
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Sarojini
• Kottayam Santha as Gopalakrishnan's mother
• Usha as Uma
• James as Postman
• Paravoor Bharathan as Broker Narayanan Nair
• Viji Thampi as Bank Staff
• Praseetha Menon as Gopalakrishnan's sister

Remakes

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Director
1991	Gopura Vasalile	Tamil	Karthik, Bhanupriya, Janagaraj, Nassar, Charle	Priyadarshan

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 2 songs, both composed by Johnson and written by Kaithapram Damodaran. Both songs were chartbusters and are still popular amongst the masses.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Kannaadikkayyil"	K. S. Chithra
2	"Paathimey Maranjathenthe"	K. J. Yesudas

External links

• Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran on IMDb