''Madhya Venal'' is a 2009

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

film produced by

Jahangir Shamz Jahangir Shamz (born Shamsudeen Jahangir 1969 in Varkala, Kerala) is an Indian director and producer who works in Malayalam films. Biography Jahangir Shamz started his career as an engineer in 1995. He did a Diploma in Film Making from New Y ...

under the banner of Xarfnet Movies. The movie is directed by

Madhu Kaithapram Madhu Kaithapram was an Indian film director who worked primarily in the Cinema of Kerala, Malayalam film industry based in Kerala. He made his directorial debut with the feature film ''Ekantham'' in 2006 that won him the National Film Award (I ...

starring

Manoj K. Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, also known as Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who acts in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films in addition to a few Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for h ...

and

Shweta Menon Shwetha Menon (born 23 April 1974) is an Indian actress, model, television anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She has won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides ap ...

Plot

Sarojini is a house wife and is also a social worker. In her village, majority of the villagers depend on the Khadi weaving mills for their livelihood. Sarojini too runs a mill. Her husband Kumaran is a local politician and trade union activist. Praveen who is an executive from a new generation bank comes to help the villagers. Without any proper documents he lends money to them. Being innocent they do not realize the trick behind Praveen's business. Kumaran opposes the bank and also clashes with party leadership on the plight of workers. Kumaran gets suspended from the party. Sarojini and Kumaran try their level best to make the people understand Praveen's intention. Meanwhile, Praveen fakes love for Manikutty, the daughter of Kumaran and Sarojini, since they were against him.

Cast

as Kumaran *

as Sarojini *

Sabitha Jayaraj Sabitha Jayaraj is an Indian costume designer and actress, who works in Malayalam cinema. Career Sabitha started off her career as a costume designer in the Malayalam film industry in the 90s. She worked as a designer in 9 Malayalam feature ...

* Arun Bala as Praveen *

Niveda Nivetha Thomas (born 2 November 1994) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil language films. She made her film debut as a child artist in the 2008 Malayalam film '' Veruthe Oru Bharya''. Nivetha is an recipient of a K ...

as Manikutty *

Balachandran Chullikkadu Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language media. Early life Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature fr ...

Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...

* Irshad

Awards

* Kerala State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer -

K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas ( /jeːʃud̪aːs/; born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian m ...

for "Swantham Swantham Baalyathiloode" *

Padmarajan Puraskaram/Award Padmarajan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known as P. Padmarajan (23 May 1945 – 23 January 1991) was an Indian film maker, screenwriter and author who was known for his works in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. He was the founder of a ...

for the Best Movie of 2009 in Malayalam - Madhyavenal. *

Kerala Film Critics Award The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam language film industry of India. The a ...

for Second Best Actress - Shwetha Menon for Madhyavenal in 2009. *

for Madhyavenal - the film with social relevance and commitment in 2009. *

for Manoj K Jayan - Special Jury Award for Madhyavenal in 2009.

References

2000s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Madhu Kaithapram {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub