Mazhavillu
| Mazhavillu | |
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| Directed by | Dinesh Babu |
| Produced by |
Cherian Paul Xavi Manio Mathew |
| Written by | Dinesh Babu |
| Starring |
Kunchako Boban Preeti Jhangiani Vineeth Lalu Alex |
| Music by | Mohan Sitara |
| Cinematography | Dinesh Babu |
| Edited by | B.S. Kemparaju |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Mazhavillu is a 1999 Malayalam romance film by Dinesh Babu which is based on his own Kannada movie Amrutha Varshini. The film has Kunchako Boban, Preeti Jhangiani and Vineeth in the lead roles.
Plot
Mahesh (Kunchacko Boban) and Veena (Preeti Jhangiani) is a happily engaged couple who was living in Germany when Mahesh was working for an Amusement park. One day his childhood friend Vijay Krishan (Vineeth) who was a poet comes and visits them. Vijay is depressed since his girlfriend Neena (Praveena) died by cancer. Veena was having a strong resemblance with Neena. Also, Neena had made Vijay promise that he will marry another girl if she passes away. Vijay becomes obsessed on Veena .Mahesh comes to know about this but doesn't reveal this to Veena.Mahesh takes Vijay to a cliff and ask him to change his mind and go back home. Vijay tries to kill Mahesh and he slips and dies falling from the cliff. Vijay did not try to save him even though he could.
But Mahesh's automatic camera captures pictures of this happening and later Veena happens to see this and understands what happened on that day. She first acts like she is ready to share her life with Vijay now and asks him to take her to the cliff where Mahesh died as it was Mahesh' long cherished dream to take photos from the cliff. She suicides from there in front of Vijay as a revenge.
Cast
- Kunchako Boban ... Mahesh
- Preeti Jhangiani ... Veena
- Vineeth ... Vijay Krishnan
- Lalu Alex ... Varkeychan
- Chithra... Kathreena
- Praveena ... Neena
- Kottayam Nazeer
Music
The film features a well composed score and soundtrack by Mohan Sitara. The lyrics were penned by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.
- Kilivathil - K. S. Chithra
- Kilivathil - K. J. Yesudas
- Ponnolathumbil - K. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas
- Pulliman Kidave - K. J. Yesudas
- Pulliman Kidave - Srinivas
- Raavin Nilakkayal - K. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas
- Sivadham - K. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas
Box office
The film got up with negative reviews and was a huge disaster in the box office. The critics told that the film flopped because of a story in which the hero dies in the middle, and heroine commits suicide in the end, thus making the villain the sole survivor.