Kalyanaraman (2002 film)

Kalyanaraman
	Poster
Directed by	Shafi
Produced by	Lal
Written by	Benny P. Nayarambalam
Starring	Dileep; Navya Nair; Kunchacko Boban
Music by	Berny-Ignatius
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	Harihara Puthran
Release date	20 December 2002;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kalyanaraman (transl. Wedding Raman) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Shafi and written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, starring Dileep and Navya Nair. The plot follows Ramankutty and family who runs a catering service and the events that follows after they take the work of Thekkedathu Achuthankutty's sister's wedding. The music was composed by Berny-Ignatius. The film was remade in Telugu as Kalyana Ramudu (2003).

Plot

Thekkedathu Ramankutty (Dileep) is a marriage organizer. He meets Gauri (Navya Nair) while arranging the marriage for her sister Radhika (Jyothirmayi), daughter of a family friend Ambattu Thampi (Lalu Alex). Radhika's fiancée does not turn up for the marriage. Ramankutty suggests that his brother Dr. Sivadas (Boban Alummoodan) will be ready for the marriage and Dr. Sivadas and Radhika gets married on the same day itself. Ramankutty and Gauri fall in love. But on the day of their engagement, Radhika dies in a kitchen fire accident.

After a long time, the family fixes Ramankutty and Gauri's marriage. On the previous day of marriage Gauri gets an electric shock. When Thampi visits the astrologer Meppattu Thirumeni (Thilakan) to see the horoscope match, he tells them that women married into the Thekkedathu family are fated to die young. He referred to the family's history. Ramankutty's grandfather's wife died from her first pregnancy. Ramankutty's mother died shortly after giving birth to Ramankutty. Ramankutty's older brother's wife died one month after their marriage, she died due to a snake bite. And now Thampi's daughter died as she was also married into Thekkedathu house. Thampi, scared for his only remaining daughter's life, requests Ramankutty to back out of the marriage.

Saddened and yet wanting to do the right thing, Ramankutty calls off the wedding on the pretense of not being comfortable with Gauri's close relations with her cousin Unni (Kunchako Boban). Devastated by this allegation, Gauri backs out of the marriage, only to find the truth later. She runs out in search of Ramankutty and is involved in a road accident on the way. She is rushed to the hospital and while still battling for life, she wishes that Ramankutty tie the wedding knot before her operation. Ramankutty ties the knot, fearing the worst. Miraculously, Gauri comes out alive.

The story is told in flashback by an aged Ramankutty who bids farewell to his spellbound teenage audience at the temple which is filmed in a beautiful location and at the end he joins his wife Gauri in lighting the lamp.

Cast

Dileep as Thekkedathu Ramankutty
Navya Nair as Gauri
Kunchako Boban as Unni, Cousin and childhood friend of Gauri
Lal as Thekkedathu Achuthankutty, eldest brother of Ramankutty)
Jyothirmayi as Radhika, elder sister of Gouri
Lalu Alex as Ambattu Thampi, father of Gouri and Radhika
Kalaranjini as Saraswathy, mother of Gouri and Radhika
Boban Alummoodan as Dr. Sivadasan, second-oldest brother of Ramankutty and younger brother of Achuthankutty
Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Thekkedathu Gopalakrishnan, grandfather of Achuthankutty, Sivadasan and Ramankutty
Innocent as Ponjikkara Kesavan
Salim Kumar as Pyarilal , 'Pyari'
Siddique as Doctor (Cameo)
Thilakan as Meppattu Thirumeni (Cameo)
T. P. Madhavan
Kochu Preman as U. P. P. Menon
Jose Pellissery as Swamy
Narayanankutty as Suku
Reena as Bhavani
Subbalakshmi as A. K. Karthyani
Dimple Rose
Kaviraj Achari as leader of the students listening the story
Beena Sabu
Sreeni Njarakkal as Kaniyaan
Kunjikkuttan Thampuran (actor)

Box office

The film was a blockbuster.[1][2][3]

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri except where noted; all music is composed by Berny–Ignatius.

No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Kadhayile Rajakumariyum"	K. J. Yesudas
2.	"Thinkale Poothinkale"	Afsal, M. G. Sreekumar
3.	"Kaithudi Thaalam Thatti"	Afsal
4.	"Raakadal Kadanjedutha"	Sujatha Mohan
5.	"Thumbi Kalyanathinu Vannethiya"	M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan
6.	"Kadhayile Rajakumariyum (F)"	Gayatri Asokan
7.	"Onnam Malakeri"	Lalu Alex, Dileep, Lal, Innocent, Narayanankutty, Kochu Preman, T. P. Madhavan, Boban Alummoodan, Salim Kumar, Choir

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References

"A filmi shot in the arm". The Hindu. 15 February 2003.
"Dileep-Kavya tie the knot". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2016.
"Dull year-end for film industry". The Hindu. 16 December 2003.

External links

Kalyanaraman on IMDb
Kalyanaraman at Oneindia

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[1] "A filmi shot in the arm". The Hindu. 15 February 2003.

[2] "Dileep-Kavya tie the knot". Deccan Chronicle. 26 November 2016.

[3] "Dull year-end for film industry". The Hindu. 16 December 2003.