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Kankettu
| Kankettu | |
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| Directed by | Rajan Balakrishnan |
| Produced by | Saga Films |
| Written by | Sreenivasan |
| Screenplay by | Sreenivasan |
| Starring | Jayaram Sreenivasan Shobhana Geetha Vijayan |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Vipin Mohan |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kankettu (Blindfold) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Rajan Balakrishnan. The film stars Jayaram, Sreenivasan, Shobhana and Geetha Vijayan in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Johnson.[1][2][3]
Cast[edit]
- Jayaram as Raju
- Sreenivasan as Magician Rangoonwala/Babu
- Shobhana as Sujatha
- Geetha Vijayan as Sridevi
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Ananthan
- Captain Raju as Peter Lal
- Philominaas Ananthan's mother
- Chitra as Shyama
- Mamukkoya as Keeleri Achu
- Lalu Alex as Jaffer
- Baiju
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Sujatha's mother
- Vineeth Anil as Shambu
- Krishnan Kutty Nair as Pothuval
Synopsis[edit]
Magician Rangoonwala alias Babu stays in a rented house owned by Ananthan, who works as a security personnel in a private firm. Three months after hosting any shows, Rangoonwala gets a call for hosting a magic show in a nearby school on republic day. The only condition was that the show could house a trick in which a beautiful lady should portray the "Vanishing Beauty" event. After facing frequent requests from her Grandmother, Sridevi, the daughter of Ananthan agrees to take up the role. Despite getting good applause for all the tricks, the magic show ended on a sad note at the end as vanishing beauty event failed, since Sridevi was not able to get out of the box owing to the hardness of the lock.
Raju was chased by police for a pick-pocket case, and he finds shelter in Babu's house. Once Babu identifies Raju to be a thief, he secretly informs police, and police captures Raju from his house. One he is set free, Raju spots Babu on the way, and he chases him yelling that he will kill him. As Babu was running for life, his neighbours get hold of Raju and beat him up very badly. Babu feels pity on Raju and he offers shelter for him in his house. Raju was on the lookout for a job, and he tried pick-pocket only to buy some food. On hearing that Babu is a magician, Raju tells that he will assist Babu in magic shows.
After proper practice, they host the "Vanishing Beauty" event on stage with Sridevi again. This time Sridevi was able to escape from the box. However, on opening the box, they find another lady Sujatha in the box. The crowd throws stones and they four somehow escape. Sujatha reveals that she was followed by some people and in order to escape from them, she had entered the box unknowingly. Though Babu was angry with the happenings, Raju develops a soft corner for Sujatha, and suggests her to stay in Sridevi's house as its late night.
The next day morning, they find the Sujatha was missing. Also two strangers came enquiring for her, to which Raju responds in a harsh manner. Though Babu was worried about getting further bookings, to their surprise they get a new booking for their show. While the stage curtain was hoisted, they found that there was no audience except one person Jaffer. Jaffer tells them that Sujatha had fooled his brother who is in mental asylum now. So he wants her. On basis of a heavy compensation assured, Babu and Raju promises that they will let him know once they trace Sujatha.
With the help of a local goon, Keeleri Achu they trace Sujatha and makes way so that Jaffer and his men kidnaps her. However, as they were not compensated for their task, they follow Jaffer and his men only to find out that Sujatha was taken in front of an underworld don Peter Lal. Peter Lal questions Sujatha and asks her about a set of documents, which Sujatha doesn't wish to reveal. Peter Lal then brutally tortures Sujatha. On seeing this Raju, Babu and Keeleri Achu adventurously rescue Sujatha and take her to an isolated house.
Sujatha then reveals about the reason why Peter Lal is following her. She was working as a receptionist in a hospital, and was sharing room with a journalist Shyama. The hospital was run by Peter Lal. Shyama reveals that Peter Lal was an underworld don and he is illegally transplanting internal organs of patients in the hospital. Sujatha doesn't believe such facts about Peter Lal and believes him to be a good man living with humanity as he has set up a hospital. Shyama is murdered by Peter Lal. A couple of days later, Sujatha receives a parcel that housed all evidences about Peter Lal, which was sent by Shyama. She then comes to know about all the illegal activities happening in the hospital. As Peter Lal becomes aware that Sujatha has come to know about his activities, he follows her to get the documents.
Will Peter Lal succeed in tracing Sujatha and grab the vital documents? Can the trio of Raju, Babu and Achu help her to trap Peter Lal? The climax has the answer
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was done by Johnson and the lyrics were by Kaithapram.
| Song Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|
| "Gopeehridayam Nirayunnu" | K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha |
| "Nirakkudukka" | K. J. Yesudas, Krishnachandran |
Awards[edit]
- Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Sujatha[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kankettu". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ "Kankettu". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ "Kankettu". .bharatmovies.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ "Film Critics Award 1991" – via YouTube.
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