Kinnaripuzhayoram is a 1994 Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by Haridas and screenplay written by Girish Puthenchery and story by Priyadarshan. It stars Sreenivasan, Siddique, Thilakan, Devayani, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh and Janardhanan in the main roles. It was the Malayalam Debut film for actress Devayani.

Kinnaripuzhayoram
Directed byHaridas
Screenplay byGireesh Puthenchery
Story byPriyadarshan
Produced byV Balakrishnan
Starring
CinematographyVenugopal
Edited byK. Sankunni
Music by
Production
company
Anugruha cine arts
Distributed byAnugruha release
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

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Thirusherry Madhavan Vaidyar is a well established Ayurvedic medical practitioner in a village. He has two sons, Dr. Unnikrishnan and Kunjikrishnan. Unnikrishnan is studying MBBS, while Kunjikrishnan has not studied beyond the 8th standard. Kunjikrishnan kills a patient by giving him the wrong medicine and Vaidyar gets angry as the kin of the victim wants to murder him. Kunjikrishnan is in love with his cousin Indu. She falls in love with Unnikrishnan and is promised to him in marriage. When Kunjikrishnan learns this, he leaves the village and comes back as a fraud holy man who practices Ayurvedic medicine. He and his assistant Chacko, a well-known fraudster using the pseudonym "Thirumeni" fool the villagers by their magic and medicines made adding ayurvedic materials to powdered regular pills, which they obtain by paying a bribe to the doctor, ruining the practice of his brother Siddique. Their uncle Sivashankaran Nair, the father of Indu tries to forcibly marry her to Kunjikrishnan. Unnikrishnan and her decision to play a prank on Kunjikrishnan and Chacko by making her act insane just as Kunjikrishnan tries to marry her. They believe she is really insane and try their cures. In the end, the policeman arrests Chacko and warns Kunjikrishnan never to tie up with fraudsters. Unnikrishnan and Indu marry.

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Reception

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A critic from The Times of India wrote that "If you are someone who loves the Harithabha and Pachappu (greenery), and miss those badly, this movie will fill your heart!"[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Rajan, Silpa (8 April 2022). "#FilmyFriday! Kinnaripuzhayoram: Sreenivasan-Sidhique starrer will leave you in splits". The Times of India.
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