Thooval Kottaram

<p>Mohanachandra Poduval is a lawyer, also working as a plumber, caterer, electrical worker, driver, and Chenda player at festival programs. He is engaged to Sujatha, a music and dance teacher, who is the daughter of Achu Marar. Ravi Chandran, his younger brother, studies in medical school. Mohanachandran is hopeful that, once his brother becomes a doctor, his financial troubles will be reduced. Radhakrishnan, his brother-in-law and a police constable, brings an alliance of his senior officer, a police inspector for his sister Remani, which gets almost fixed. Things go smoothly until Devaprabha and her grandfather Rama Varma arrive in the village. Devaprabha, the heiress of the royal family, forms a strong relationship with Mohanachandran. She was suffering from depression after the death of her only brother Sudev Varma and came to the village as part of a treatment. Mohanchandran helps her become almost normal. However, Sujatha, his fiancée, finds it intolerable and complains to him. Slowly things go out of control as Devaprabha turns stubborn and possessive about Mohanachandran. One day, he flatly refuses to accompany her, adding that he doesn’t want to see her. Devaprabha again shows changes in behavior, making Rama Varma fear that her mental problems are returning. He asks his son Balarama Varma, a rich businessman in Bangalore, to come. He proposes that she marry Mohanachandran, but Mohanachandran is unwilling. Balarama Varma approaches Achu Marar and Sujatha and asks them to leave Mohanachandran to help his daughter. Regardless, Devaprabha surprises everyone by revealing that she sees Mohanachandran as her dead brother, by calling him “Sudev”. The film’s music was composed by and the lyrics were written by and Sathyan Anthikad (Thankanoopuramo). sang most of the songs in the film. , Lekha, and were the other singers involved. The film was a commercial success and ran for over 300 days in theatres. It was released alongside and on the occasion of and emerged the winner that season.</p>