''Manasam'' is a 1997 Indian

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 ...

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by CS Sudheesh and starring

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, comedian and entrepreneur who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada films. He has ...

and

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, she had acted in more t ...

Synopsis

Soloman lost his parents in a car accident and is depressed. After recovery, his brother would not accept him. Rajalakshmi leads a lonely life. She adopts Solomon as her son. Solomon tries to help Rajalakshmi solve her problems. One day, Maya, Menon's granddaughter, visits Rajalakshmi's house. Rajalakshmi reminisces about her childhood, such as when Maya got her childhood face and Soloman got Appu's face. Appu and Rajalakshmi love each other. Appu is an art culture worker. Rajalakshmi's father Kunjiraman hurt him as his father works for Rajalakshmi's father. Sudhakaran is Rajalakshmi's cousin. He wants to marry Rajalakshmi. Sudhkaran learn about Appu and Rajalakshmi. He beats Kunjiraman to find out Appu. Kunjiraman attempts suicide. Rajalakshmi ready to marry Sudhakaran. Jayadevan visits Menon to see his mother Rajalakshmi. Rajalakshmi requests Menon to not let Jayadevan stay in Menon's House. Menon rejects Jayadevan as her son. Rajalakshmi learns that her mother passed away. She informs Menon to take Jayadevan for his grandmother's funeral. Jayadevan visits Rajalakshmi, but she rejected him. She is afraid that Jayadevan will attack Soloman. Kichamani told Menon about Soloman and Maya. Menon dislikes their relationship. Menon is ready to marry Maya to Jayadevan. Jayadevan tells Menon about his blood cancer. Solomon visits Maya, but Menon beats him. Jayadevan supports Soloman. Some goons attack Soloman. Rajalakshmi blames Jayadevan as he hates Soloman. Menon calls Rajalakshmi as Maya is missing. Menon doubts Soloman. Soloman learns that Maya is at Rajamma's house. Menon accepts Soloman and Maya. Rajalakshmi reminisces about her past when Appu visited Rajalakshmi. Appu tells her he has a job in a town. He is ready to marry Rajalakshmi, but is told she married Sudhakaran. Sudhakaran sees Appu and kills him. Sudhakaran is sentenced to death. Rajalakshmi tries to kill Jayadevan as his father killed Appu. But Jayadevan is dead. Rajalakshmi learns about his blood cancer and cries. She is admitted to a mental asylum. When Soloman and Maya visit Rajalakshmi, she does not recognize them.

Cast

in a

Dual role A dual role (also known as a double role) refers to one actor playing two roles in a single production. Dual roles (or a larger number of roles for an actor) may be deliberately written into a script, or may instead be a choice made during produc ...

as : **Solomon, maya's love interest **Appu, rajalakshmy's love interest.Killed by Jayadevan *

as Rajalakshmy Appu's love interest and Sudhakaran's wife *

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

in a dual role as : **Maya Solomon 'love interest ** Young Rajalakshmi appu's love interest *

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1967) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over ...

in a dual role as: **Jayadevan Rajalakshmy's son **Sudhakaran rajalakshmy's husband appu's killer, The main antagonist *

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 Balakrishnan Menon *

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 Kichamani * M. S. Thripunithura as Rajalakshmi's Father *

Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and comedy shows. She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai and ...

as Rajalakshmi's Mother * Priyanka as Rajamma * Risabava as Doctor * Yadhukrishnan * Franlee aster role

References

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* 1997 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Johnson {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub