Ee Puzhayum Kadannu

Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kamal
Written by	Shatrughnan
Produced by	Kannan Perumudiyoor
Starring	Dileep Manju Warrier Mohini Biju Menon
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Music by	Johnson
Production company	Harishree Films International
Distributed by	Harisree Films Release
Release date	20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (transl.  Across this River ) is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Kamal and starring Dileep and Manju Warrier. The film was a box office success.^[1] It was remade in Telugu as Pelli Peetalu (1998), in Tamil as Kanna Unnai Thedukiren (2001) and in Kannada as Sambhrama (1999).

Plot

Anjali is the third daughter of a late music teacher. She lives with her two elder sisters, Ashwathy and Aarthi, and grandmother. Her life changes when Gopi moves into his brother's house as her neighbor. They fall in love. However, she has a problem with their marriage since she has two elder unmarried sisters. Gopi finds a groom for Ashwathy, but the marriage is called off as she is mute and deaf. After two failed attempts to get her married, they all feel hopeless when out of the blue, Gopi's friend admits that he loves Ashwathy. Hence, Gopi helps him marry her. Following this, they try to get Aarthi married; but she admits to never having gotten over her old boyfriend. Gopi and Anjali track him down and ask him to marry her. He admits to liking her but reveals that his mother would ask for a lot of dowry. Gopi does everything he can, including making his brother loan out his house to obtain the money and the ornaments they demanded, which were provided by Aarthi's boyfriend himself.

However, that night, when their drunkard step-brother steals the ornaments from Anjali's house, Gopi finds him and accidentally kills him. He confesses to Anjali that he killed him, but they hide this until Aarthi's wedding is over. Eventually, Gopi is arrested in front of the wedding guests.^[2]

After five years, when Gopi is back from jail, Anjali and her whole family are waiting for him, and the movie ends on a positive note.

Cast

• Dileep as Gopi, a watch repairer; a neighbour of Anjali who falls in love with her
• Manju Warrier as Anjali, a salesgirl and the youngest of three sisters who meets and falls in love with Gopi
• Biju Menon as Unni, Gopi's friend, who secretly loves Anjali's mute and deaf sister
• Mohini as Ashwathy, the eldest of three sisters who is mute and deaf; an artisan
• Chippy as Aarathi, the middle one among three sisters who has a boyfriend
• Lekshmi Krishnamoorthy as Manthottathil Maheshwari Amma, Grandmother of the three sisters
• Sudheesh as Satheshan, Aarthi's boyfriend
• Harisree Ashokan as Ramankutty, Gopi's best friend
• Meghanathan as Raghu, step-brother of the three sisters; a drunkard
• N. F. Varghese as Sukumaran, Gopi's elder brother
• Reena as The deceased mother of the three sisters.
• Bindu Panicker as Bharathi, Gopi's sister-in-law
• Baby Neethu Praveen as Sukumaran’s (N F Varghese) and Bharathi’s (Bindu Panicker) daughter.
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Achuthan Nair, uncle of the three sisters
• Remadevi
• Shilpa Punnoose as Young Aswathy

Soundtrack

Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
Soundtrack album by Johnson
Released	1997[3]
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Sargam Speed Audios Majid Cassettes Satyam Audios

The movie has melodious songs composed by Johnson, with lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.

Track	Song Title	Singer(s)	Other notes
1	"Raathinkal Poothaali"	K. J. Yesudas	Raga: Tilang
2	"Devakanyaka"	K. J. Yesudas
3	"Paathira Pullunarnnu"	K. J. Yesudas	Raga: Abheri
4	"Vaidoorya Kammalaninju"	M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Sujatha
5	"Sreelalolayam"	K. S. Chithra	Raga: Sankarabharanam
6	"Devakanyaka"	K. S. Chithra
7	"Kaakka Karumban"	Sujatha Mohan	Raga: Kedaragowla
8	"Thankachengila"	G. Venugopal	Raga: Chakravakam
9	"Vaidoorya Kammalaninju"	M. G. Sreekumar

Box office

The film became a commercial success.^[4][5][6]

Awards

Manju Warrier won both Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress & Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for portraying her role Anjali' in this film.^[7][8]

References

1. "Happy Birthday, Manju Warrier: 6 Career Defining Moments Of The 'Lady Superstar'". Times of India. 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
2. "Happy Valentine's Day: 5 Malayalam Movie Characters That You Can't Help But Fall In Love With". Times of India. 14 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
3. "Audio CD cover". Facebook. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
4. "Next Malayalam star in the making". Deccan Chronicle. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
5. "The rise and fall of Mollywood's people's hero Dileep..." Malayala Manorama. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
6. "Forget the Dileep; Manju Warrior stands tall on her own". Asianet. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
7. "Filmfare – South Special". 3 November 1999. Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
8. "State Film Awards (1991–99)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

External links

• Ee Puzhayum Kadannu at IMDb