''Changathipoocha'' The Cat Friend is a 2007

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romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by debutant S. P. Mahesh, stars

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born 31 August 1978) is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist who works in Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Awards, National Fi ...

and Radhika in the lead roles.

Plot

''Changathipoocha'' tells the story of two aged brothers Sreedharan Nair, who is the Kunnathur Panchayath President and Raman Nair, the opposition leader who are constantly at loggerheads owing to differences of opinion regarding their ancestral property. Raman Nair is also known as 'Kuliru', because he always goes out without wearing shirt. But everyone else in their family, including Sreedharan Nair's daughter Priya and Raman Nair's daughter Sreedevi are close to each other, sharing every part of their family fun. The news about the return of their sister Bhanumathi, who had been away for years, creates shock to Raman Nair especially because Bhanumathi's share of the property is at present under his control and even the house he is living in rightfully belongs to her. The other news to follow was that Bhanumathi's son on their way back proposes to marry one of his cousins, Priya or Sreedevi. Raman Nair expects that if Bhanumathi's son marries Priya, Sreedharan Nair's daughter, he would be losing all the wealth. So with the aid of Purushottaman Nair, who is Raman Nair's manager, they come up with a solution. They plan the entry of someone else as a hired lover who could be made to fall in love with Priya and thus to create more tension for Sreedharan Nair, even before the arrival of Bhanumathi and her son. Thus arrives Sivankutty, who is entrusted with the job of making Priya fall in love with him, so that Raman Nair could score a victory over Sreedharan Nair. Sivan is actually the brother-in-law of Purushottaman Nair and owes a large amount of money to many people, who are constantly after him. Sivankutty takes up the 'job' to solve his financial problems. A mix-up takes place as Sivan who was to fall in love with Priya, accidentally falls for Sridevi. In the end, after a series of comic confusions, Sivankutty marries Sridevi.

Cast

as Sivankutty * Radhika as Sridevi * Ramya Nambeeshan as Priya *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four deca ...

as Raman Nair *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...

as Sreedharan Nair * Salim Kumar as Ayyappan * Sudheesh as Kunjunni * Kochu Preman as Purushottaman Nair *

Cochin Haneefa Cochin Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010) was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malay ...

as Vasu *

Harisree Ashokan Harisree Ashokan (born 6 April 1964) is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and ...

as Pappadam Rajappan * Joemon Joshy as Jayasurya's Brother *Manka Mahesh as Priya's mother *

Ambika Mohan Ambika Mohan is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language ...

as Thankamani, Sridevi's mother *Geetha Nair as Sivankutty's mother * Ponnamma Babu *Seema G. Nair as Janu / Tea shop owner

Soundtrack

The music of ''Changathipoocha'' is given by Ouseppachan. The lyrics are by Gireesh Puthenchery. The film has two songs. The singers are Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar,

Vineeth Sreenivasan Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is the eldest son of actor and screenwriter Sreeniva ...

and Manjari.

References

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* {{imdb title, 0972789 2000s Malayalam-language films 2007 romantic comedy films 2007 directorial debut films 2007 films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by Ouseppachan Films shot in Thrissur Films shot in Kollam