Megham

Megham
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Directed by	Priyadarshan
Produced by	Suresh Balaji
Screenplay by	T. Damodaran
Story by	Priyadarshan
Starring	Mammootty Priya Gill Dileep K. P. A. C. Lalitha Pooja Batra Sreenivasan Nedumudi Venu Cochin Haneefa Captain Raju
Music by	Ouseppachan
Cinematography	Sanjeev Sankar
Editing by	N. Gopalakrishnan
Studio	Sitara Combines
Distributed by	Pranavam Movies (P) Ltd.
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Megham (Malayalam: മേഘം, English: The Cloud) is a 1999 Malayalam musical comedy film directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mammootty, Priya Gill, Dileep, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Pooja Batra, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Captain Raju, and Cochin Haneefa. The music was composed by Ouseppachan. It was one of the few successful films of the year.^{[citation needed]}

The film was produced by Suresh Balaji under the banner of Sitara Combines and was distributed by Pranavam Movies Private Limited. The film united Mammootty, K. J. Yesudas, and Priyadarshan after a long gap.

Plot

Col. Ravivarma Thampuran (Mammootty) visits the home village of his subordinate Mani (Dileep) where he finds and eventually fall in love with a girl named Meenakshi (Priya Gill). But later he came to know that she was engaged with Mani. He then decides to unite the two, resisting opposition from both the families. Pooja Batra plays the role of Ravivarma's divorcee.

Cast

• Mammootty as Col. Ravivarma Thampuran
• Priya Gill as Meenakshi
• Dileep as Manikantan
• Pooja Batra as Col. Thampuran's (ex)wife
• Sreenivasan as Shanmukhan
• Nedumudi Venu as Meenakshi's father
• Cochin Haneefa
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha
• Sukumari
• Mamukkoya
• Manka Mahesh
• Maria

Trivia

Mammootty and Sreenivasan perform dance sequences in this movie. Sreenivasan once said in an interview that he was reluctant to perform the dance when asked by Priyadarshan but at last agreed when he found "Mammootty practicing for hours under hot sun which would have forced anyone to laughter".^{[citation needed]}

Songs

The songs in the movie has been composed by Ouseppachan and the lyrics were from Girish Puthenchery. The audio was distributed by East Coast Audios.

1. Manjukaalam nolkkum kunjupoovin: K. J. Yesudas
2. Manjukaalam nolkkum kunjupoovin: K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
3. Vilakku vaykkum vinnil thooviya: M. G. Sreekumar
4. Vilaykku vaykkum vinnil thooviya (Instrumental): Ouseppachan
5. Thumbayum thulasiyum: M. G. Sreekumar
6. Thumbayum thulasiyum: K. S. Chithra
7. Margazhiye mallikaye: M. G. Sreekumar, Srinivas, K. S. Chithra
8. Njanoru pattu paadam: K. J. Yesudas

External links

• Megham at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1259/malayalam/megham/index.htm
• http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/5273/megham.html