Mazhavilkavadi

Mazhavilkavadi
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Directed by	Sathyan Anthikad
Produced by	Siyad Koker
Written by	Raghunath Paleri
Starring	Jayaram Urvashi Sreeja Sithara Innocent Mamukkoya Karamana Janardanan Nair Kaviyoor Ponnamma Philomina Sankaradi Krishnankutty Nair Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Vipin Mohan
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Production company	Kokers Films
Release date	1989
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Mazhavilkavadi (transl. Rainbow Kavadi) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Raghunath Paleri. It stars Jayaram, Sithara, Krishnankutty Nair, Urvashi, Innocent in the lead roles. This is one of the very few films where Innocent plays a negative role. It won four Kerala State Film Awards that year, the awards for Best Actress (Urvashi), Best Supporting Actor (Innocent), Best Music Director (Johnson), and Best Singer (K. S. Chithra).

The film was remade in Tamil as Subramaniya Swamy with Pandiarajan.

Plot

Velayudhankutty (Jayaram) is in love with his cousin Amminikutty (Sithara), but her father Kalarickel Kizhamkamthudiyil Shankarankutty Menon (Innocent) opposes to it. Furthermore, Shankarankutty Menon suffers from a compulsive obsession to assault those who do not obey him. To make money, Velayudhankutty goes to Palani, to find a man named Kunjikhader (Mamukkoya) to help after, who claims to be the supervisor of a leather factory, after being told by his father Nanukuttan (Karamana Janardhanan Nair). After searching for a few days at Palani with the help of a horse-cart driver Murukan (Bobby Kottarakkara), he finds that Kunjikhader is a pickpocket currently in prison, and claims to be the supervisor of a leather factory because he has many stolen leather purses. Kunjikadher comes out of jail by fooling the police, claiming to be going to Madurai. Velayudhankutty steals a bag from a Tamil barber (Krishnankutty Nair) and starts his own business as a barber. The barber's daughter falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Kunjikhader causes chaos in Velayudhankutty's village by pickpocketing. Kunjikhader and his associates kidnap Amminikutty to take her to Palani, but none of them know how to drive a car, and they end up with the police. Velayudhankutty lies to Amminikutty about being employed in the leather factory claimed by Kunjikhader. When Shankarankutty Menon refuses to their marriage again, Amminikutty attempts suicide, but is saved. Later, Shankarankutty Menon's family arrive in Palani, and find the truth. However, in the end Velayudhankutty married Amminikutty.

Cast

• Jayaram as Panadaravalappil Velayudhankutty
• Sithara as Amminikutty
• Urvashi as Anandavalli
• Krishnan Kutty Nair as Kaleeswaran Kavalayil Kali Muthu
• Valsala Menon as Bhairavi
• Innocent as Kalarickel Kizhakamthudiyil Shankarankutty Menon
• Meena as Nangeli
• Karamana Janardanan Nair as Nanukuttan
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Velayudhankutty's mother
• Sreeja as Vilasini
• Philomina as Velayudhankutty's grandmother
• Mammukkoya as Kunjikhader
• Bobby Kottarakkara as Murukan
• Paravoor Bharathan as Vasu
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Kunjappu
• Jagannathan as Ubaid
• Sankaradi as Kuriya Varkey

Soundtrack

The film had musical score composed by Johnson.

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Mainakaponmudiyil"	G. Venugopal, Choir
2.	"Pallitherundo"	G. Venugopal, Sujatha Mohan
3.	"Thankathoni"	K. S. Chithra

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• Best Actress - Urvashi
• Best Supporting Actor - Innocent
• Best Music Director - Johnson
• Best Singer - K. S. Chithra

Box office

The film was a commercial success.

External links

• Mazhavilkavadi on IMDb
• Mazhavilkavadi at the Malayalam Movie Database
• Mazhavilkavadi at Metromatinee.com
• Mazhavilkavadi at Oneindia.in