Mrigaya (1989 film)

Mrigaya
Directed by	I.V. Sasi
Written by	A. K. Lohithadas
Starring	Mammootty Thilakan Kuthiravattam Pappu Jagathy Sreekumar Urvashi Sunitha
Music by	Syam
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent
Editing by	K. Narayanan
Release date(s)	1989
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Mrigaya (Malayalam: മൃഗയ, meaning The hunt) is a 1989 Malayalam film about a leopard hunter, directed by I. V. Sasi. The movie stars Mammootty in the lead role with Thilakan, Kuthiravattom Pappu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Lalu Alex, Urvashi, Sunitha as other actors.

Plot

The movie's story revolves around a village which is frequently attacked by a leopard. The priest (Thilakan) who is also like the headman of the village decides to call a hunter. The hunter whom they wanted died, so his son Varunni (Mammootty) comes to the village. Varunni is a womaniser and steals the villager's cattle for food and alcohol. So the villagers hated him and they also decided to get him out of the village. However they couldn't get him out of the village. Only Bhagyalaxmi (Sunitha) befriended him. Once when Bhagyalaxmi and Varunni were having a chat, Bhagyam's friend Thomaskutty (Mahesh) sees it. He gets angry and starts fighting with Varunni. During the encounter Thomaskutty slips and falls from the hill. This made Varunni guilty. He confesses to the priest and he starts to have a soft corner to him. He advises Varunni to become a good man. He becomes good and starts to help Thomaskutty's family as well as the village. Meanwhile,the leopard again comes to the village and Varunni couldn't kill it, as he shot it on its leg. The preparation of Thomaskutty's sister Annamma (Urvashi) betrothal was going on, but the groom at the last minute leaves the bethrothal. So the priest asks Varunni to marry her. But this makes Bhagyalaxmi jealous. At the eve of the wedding, she tells Annamma that Varunni had killed Thomaskutty. On the wedding day in front of the villagers, Annamma asks Varunni if he killed Thomaskutty. Varunni admits the guilt and walks to his home. On reaching his home he finds out that his dog barking and thinks that it has rabies and he shoots the dog. However he spots the leopard and realizes that his dog did not have rabies and instead it was barking at the leopard. Now, he has to fight the leopard without the gun. He kills the leopard with an axe. The villagers celebrate the death of the leopard. However, Annamma comes with the police and Varunni gets arrested. While sitting in the police car, Bhagyam asks Varunni to come to the village after his punishment. But before he could promise the car leaves.

Cast

• Mammootty as Varunni
• Thilakan as Rev. Father Panangodan
• Kuthiravattom Pappu as Kunjabdullah
• Lalu Alex as Anthony
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Ramankutty
• Paravoor Bharathan as Pillai
• Jagannatha Varma as Philipose
• Bheeman Raghu as Kunjachan
• Sankaradi as Shankunni
• Mahesh as Thomaskutty
• Kunjandy as Kuriachan
• Uravashi as Annamma
• Sunitha as Bhagyalaxmi
• Shari as Selina
• Vaishnavi as Radhamani
• Kousalya as Zeenath
• Priya as Yashoda

Awards

• Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor - Mammootty
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Director - I. V. Sasi

External links

• Mrigaya at the Internet Movie Database