''Varnapakittu'' () is a 1997 Indian

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-language

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directed by I. V. Sasi and written by Babu Janardhanan from a story by Jokuttan. The film features

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

and

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in lead roles, with Divya Unni,

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 ...

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Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Born On (12 June 1955) mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He has starred in over 400 Malayalam films and two Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character rol ...

, Rajan P. Dev, and

M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 October 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s and ...

in supporting roles. The movie was a commercial success.

Plot

Sunny Palamattam is a successful businessman in

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. He enjoys a flamboyant life with his girlfriend Sandra Valookaran. His business rival, Mohammad Ali, was a partner who left after he was found embezzling company funds. Sunny discloses his past to Sandra: his family was happy until Pappan framed Sunny's father, Ittichan, in a fraud case. Shortly after, Ittichan died of a heart attack, and Sunny's engagement with fiancée, Nancy, was called off. Sunny fled to

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and then to Singapore with Kuruvilla's help. Later, Sunny learns that Sandra is actually a

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hired by Mohammad Ali, to spy on Sunny and foil his business plans. To fulfill his marriage commitment to his family, he and Sandra pretend they are still engaged when they go to visit Sunny's family in

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. In his hometown, he meets the old enemies who falsely accused his father of theft and thus, ruined the family's reputation. Sunny plans to take revenge on Pappan, Tonychen, and company, aided by Paily. In the meantime, he meets Nancy who is now married to Paulachen, Tonychen's younger brother. When Tony tries to sexually assault Nancy, Paulachan is humiliated and commits suicide. Mohammad Ali arrives with a gang from Singapore to reveal Sunny's "false marriage" ploy in an attempt to destroy him. Sunny pleads with Mohammad Ali to forget everything so that he can live a happy life and offers all his assets to Mohammad Ali. Mohammad Ali has a change of heart and leaves Sunny and his family alone (lol). In the end, Sunny and Sandra appear with a happy family.

Cast

as Sunny Palamattom *

as Sandra / Alina, Sunny's Girlfriend and Wife * Divya Unni as Nancy Paul, Sunny's Ex-Lover *

as Paily, Sunny's Friend *

as Palamattom Ittichan, Sunny's Father *

as Pullankunnel Paulachan, Nancy's Husband * Rajan P. Dev as Pullankunnel Pappan, Paulachan's Father * K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Pullankunnel Tonychan, Paulachan's Brother * Janardhanan as Ramaswamy Iyer *

as Kuruvilla * Reena as Kuruvilla's wife *

Bheeman Raghu Reghu Damodharan known by his stage name Bheeman Reghu is an Indian actor and retired police officer. Before transitioning to a full-time career in cinema, he served as a sub-inspector in the Kerala Police. With a career spanning over four dec ...

as SI Damodaran Nair * N. F. Varghese as Father Joseph Varghese *

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as Kunjoonju *

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as Sunny's mother *

Kanakalatha Kanakalatha (24 August 1960 – 6 May 2024) was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in the Malayalam cinema. Personal life and death Kanakalatha was born to parents Parameshwaran Pillai and Chinnamma at Kollam, Kerala. She attended the ...

as Sunny's elder sister * Reshmi Soman as Mollykutty, Sunny's younger sister *Bindhu Varappuzha as Sunny's Second sister *Mini Arun as Sossamma, Sunny's Third sister * Kazan Khan as Mohammed Ali *

Kundara Johny Johny Joseph, better known by the stage name Kundara Johny (1 January 1952 – 17 October 2023), was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He additionally performed in Tamil films such as ''Vaazhkai Chakram'' and '' Nadigan''. Early life John ...

as Advocate Chandrashekharan, Sunny's Advocate * Usha as Tonychen's wife * Seetha as Sukanya, Sandra's sister *Yavanika Gopalakrishnan as Sunny's brother in law *Maya as TV reporter *Elias Babu as Kunjukochu, Nancy's father * Antony Perumbavoor as a man in store

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Vidyasagar. "Velli Nila" is based on "Ooohalalo Oopirilo" from ''Urmila'' (1993).

Box Office

Varnapakittu was a major commercial hit in the year 1997 and was the beginning of the Mohanlal-Meena hit combo which churned out many movies, including Olympian Anthony Adam, Mr. Brahmachari, Natturajavu, Udayananu Tharam,

Chandrolsavam ''Chandrolsavam'' (Transl.Moon Festival) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Ranjith. It stars Mohanlal and Meena in the lead role with Ranjith, Cochin Haneefa, VK Sreeraman, Santhosh, and Jagadish ...

Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal alongside Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Roshan Basheer and ...

, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Drishyam 2, and Bro Daddy.

References

External links

* * http://en.msidb.org/m.php?2196 * http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6392/varnapakittu.html {{Authority control 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s romance films 1997 films 1997 action films Indian drama films Films set in Singapore Films shot in Singapore Films shot in Kottayam Films directed by I. V. Sasi Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer)