Chandralekha (1997 film)

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Chandralekha
Directed by	Priyadarshan
Starring	Mohanlal Sreenivasan Sukanya Pooja Batra Nedumudi Venu Innocent
Release date(s)	1997
Running time	172 mins
Language	Malayalam
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Chandralekha is a (1997) Malayalam language film directed by Priyadarshan. The movie rejuvenated the career of Mohanlal, who seemed somewhat weak in movies such as Prince and others. Audiences were ecstatic on seeing the energetic performance of Mohanlal and counted this as his comeback film. This also brought back the old successful combo of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan, which was popular in the late '80s. It also silenced many critics who had lamented that the comedy trend in Malayalam was over.

[edit] Plot summary

Appukuttan is a struggling unemployed youth who is staying in the city with his sister. He meets his friend (Sreenivasan) who is working in a teashop. Both of them cheat their friend's uncle out of 1 lakh rupees. Appukuttan then tries to get a loan but he is rebuffed.

He then saves the daughter of a wealthy man. He takes the woman to a hospital and is mistaken by the doctors to be her husband. Most of the relatives and the father also mistake him for the husband. The driver of the wealthy man, Iruvikutti(Innocent), tells him to continue the charade until the crisis blows over. But after the crisis blows over, Appukuttan refuses to stop the charade because he is desperate for the money because of family problems.

The charade continues because Appukuttan threatens Iruvikutti that he will reveal the fact that Iruvikutti forced him to continue the game. So Iruvikutti is forced to play along. Some of the relatives become suspicious of Appukuttan's identity. The uncle of the friend is also on Appukuttan's back regarding the money. In the midst of this confusion enters Lekha (Pooja Batra), who is the daughter of Iruvikutti. She has already talked to Alfie, the husband of the wealthy man's daughter, on the phone. The relatives join with Lekha to find out the truth.