Chandralekha (1997 film)

This article is about the 1997 Malayalam film. For other uses, see Chandralekha (disambiguation).

Chandralekha
Directed by	Priyadarshan
Produced by	Fazil
Written by	Priyadarshan
Starring	Mohanlal Sreenivasan Sukanya Pooja Batra Nedumudi Venu Innocent & Anil Kapoor (cameo)
Music by	Berny Ignatius Gireesh Puthenchery (lyrics)
Cinematography	Jeeva
Editing by	N. Gopalakrishnan
Release date(s)	1997 (1997)
Running time	172 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chandralekha is a 1997 Malayalam film written and directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Fazil. Audiences were ecstatic on seeing the energetic performance of Mohanlal and counted this as his comeback film. This also brought back the old successful combo of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan, which was popular in the late '80s. It also silenced many critics who had lamented that the comedy trend in Malayalam was over. This film was a record grosser. and became the fourth record grosser film from Priyadarshan - Mohanlal team, after Thalavattam, Chithram and Kilukkam.

Plot

Appukuttan Nair is a struggling unemployed youth who is staying in the city with his sister. He meets his friend (Sreenivasan), who is working in a teashop. Both of them cheat their friend's uncle out of 1 lakh rupees. Appukuttan Nair then tries to get a loan but he is rebuffed.

He then saves the daughter (Sukanya) of a wealthy man. He takes the woman to a hospital and is mistaken by the doctors to be her husband. Most of the relatives and the father also mistake him for the husband. The driver of the wealthy man, Iruvikutti (Innocent), tells him to continue the charade until the crisis blows over. But after the crisis blows over, Appukuttan refuses to stop the charade because he is desperate for the money because of family problems.

The charade continues because Appukuttan Nair threatens Iruvikutti that he will reveal the fact that Iruvikutti forced him to continue the game. So Iruvikutti is forced to play along. Some of the relatives become suspicious of Appukuttan's identity. The uncle of the friend is also on Appukuttan's back regarding the money. In the midst of this confusion enters Lekha (Pooja Batra), who is the daughter of Iruvikutti. She has already talked to Alfie, the husband of the wealthy man's daughter, on the phone. The relatives join with Lekha to find out the truth.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Appukuttan Nair
• Sukanya as Chandra
• Pooja Batra as Lekha
• Nedumudi Venu as Varma Sir
• Innocent as Iruvikutti
• Sukumari
• Sreenivasan as Nooru
• Cochin Haneefa
• T.P. Madhavan
• Mamukoya
• Kuthiravattam Pappu
• Anil Kapoor (cameo)

Trivia

• The story is based on the 1995 Hollywood film While You Were Sleeping, starring Sandra Bullock.
• Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor plays a cameo role in the movie. He appears as a lunatic, whom Appukuttan Nair misunderstands as the original Alphy.
• Remade into Telugu as Chandralekha (1998) starring Nagarjuna.
• Remade unofficially into Hindi as Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega starring Salman Khan.

External links

• Chandralekha at the Internet Movie Database