Varavelpu

Varavelpu
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Directed by	Sathyan Anthikkad
Produced by	K. Rajagopal
Screenplay by	Sreenivasan
Story by	Sreenivasan
Starring	Mohanlal Revathi Sreenivasan Murali Innocent Thilakan Mamukkoya
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Vipin Mohan
Editing by	K. Rajagopal
Studio	K. R. G. Movie International
Distributed by	K. R. G. Enterprises
Release date(s)	April 7, 1989 (1989-04-07)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Varavelpu (English: Welcome) is a 1989 Malayalam black comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan. The film stars Mohanlal, Revathi, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent, Mamukkoya, and Jagadish. The film was produced by editor K. Rajagopal under the banner of K. R. G. Movie International and has been distributed by K. R. G. Enterprises.

The film depicted trade union problems plaguing Kerala. The story follows Murali (Mohanlal) who starts a bus service, and the problems he had to face with the trade unions.

Plot summary

The Movie is about a young Malayali man who returns to his home state of Kerala after seven long years of working hard in the Gulf. He now plans to settle in his native town, with whatever he managed to save over the years. The movie traces his plight as he ventures to spend the rest of his life running a bus in a state where employee strikeouts are a common day-to-day event. How he finally has to return back to the Gulf losing everything, for another coming (welcome) forms the crux of the movie.

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