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film, directed by

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and produced by Thaha and Ashokan. The film stars

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, Parvathy,

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and

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in the lead roles. The film has musical score by

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Plot

The Poulose family which comes to Ooty on vacation, befriends a newly married couple Sreeraman(

) and Indulekha( Parvathy) on their honeymoon staying next door. The couple looks happy on the outside, but the wife has problems underneath the surface. When the local Circle Inspector(

) makes a visit, it is revealed that a psychopath Unni( Sai Kumar) is after Indulekha's life. Unni was Indulekha's ex-lover who had been comatose for over a year and a half after a fatal accident with no hope of recovery. Her parents had forced her to a reluctant marriage with Sreeraman. But Unni made a miraculous recovery afterwards but with a mental imbalance which leaves him with no sense of time. He is deluded into thinking that he was hospitalised only for a few days and Indu had married betraying him, even that his accident was her doing. As such he is after her life now. In the end, after a thick fight with Sreeraman, Unni is shot dead by Poulose just before he almost stabs Indulekha.

Cast

as Sreeraman * Parvathy as Indulekha Sreeraman *

as Poulose Anammottil * Kalpana as Anna Poulose *

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as Caesar *Master Badusha as Ukkru Poulose *Master Twinku as Kariya Poulose * Praseetha as Sofiya Poulose *

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as Balakrishnan *

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as Abdu/Abdulla * Sai Kumar as Unnikrishnan *

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as Markosekutty *

as Circle Inspector *

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– Cameo Appearance as the Circle Inspector's partner

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

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References

External links

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