Kalyana Kacheri

1997 film

24 December 1997 (1997-12-24)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Kalyana Kacheri is a 1997 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Anil Chandra and produced by Babu Pathanamthitta. It stars Mukesh, Shobhana, Jagathy Sreekumar, and KPAC Lalitha in the lead roles. The film has a musical score by S. P. Venkatesh. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike as well as mixed appreciation and criticism for the family drama. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

Mukesh as Ambadi Arjunan Nair
Shobhana as Gopika Varma
Jagathy Sreekumar as Ambadi Balaraman Nair
Baiju Santhosh as Balanchandran
KPAC Lalitha as Devakiyamma
Darshana as Meenu
M. R. Gopakumar
Kanya Bharathi as Bhama
Sindhu Jacob as Seetha Nair
N. F. Varghese
Ravi Vallathol as Ananthan Varma
Augustine as Sub-Inspector Vargesh
Bindu Ramakrishnan
Kunjandi
Mafia Sasi
Mamukkoya as Bharghavan Pilla
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair

Plot

A contractor, Arjunan, has financial troubles and tries to fake suicide to escape debt. He gets caught by police along with a stranger, Gopika, who happens to be there. They lie to the cops that they are lovers and the police SI forces them to get married. After the incident, they part ways. Arjunan and his friend find her address and reach her village to create a ruckus. They discover that a different girl lives there and comes back. Meanwhile, his uncle's marriage gets fixed with Gopika. Arjunan opposes this proposal, talks to Gopika, and asks her to back out of this marriage. Gopika's family had some conflicts in the past, and they are creating issues in the present. Arjunan wants to prevent this marriage somehow, and this follows the rest of the story.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. P. Venkatesh, and the lyrics were written by Gireesh Puthenchery.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Mangala Melangal"	K. J. Yesudas	Gireesh Puthenchery
2	"Pakal Maayunnu"	Sujatha Mohan	Gireesh Puthenchery
3	"Pakal Maayunnu"	K. J. Yesudas	Gireesh Puthenchery
4	"Ponkinaavalle"	K. S. Chithra, P. Jayachandran	Gireesh Puthenchery