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Keshu is a school drop-out. An introvert, he is working in a Photocopy store, owned by Indrapalan . Keshu is crazy about Rose , a sales girl in the nearby boutique. Keshu often takes Photocopies of currency notes which look real, but he fears to spend them. One day he meets Danny D'souza ([[Mukesh , an Anglo Indian, who realizes the competence of Keshu in creating fake currencies. Danny forces him to continue with his act. Danny gets the information that a popular party in Kerala is bringing 2 crores of rupees to Kerala from Bangalore by road. Danny makes a scene with the help of some rowdies and cleverly replaces the 2 crore real notes with fake ones. They hide the real notes in a slum under the supervision of Iruttu . When the political party starts spending the money, police get the information and an Intelligence Bureau officer played by Anoop Menon starts investigating. In the meantime, Keshu's mom gets admitted in the hospital and Keshu immediately wants 25,000 to pay in the hospital. They go to Iruttu to take the money. There a fight erupts between Danny and Keshu. Iruttu, taking advantage of the situation, goes greedy and tries to take all the money by killing them. But Keshu hits Iruttu in the head and they escape with the money. Iruttu takes Rose as hostage and asks Keshu to return the money. Keshu pays the money and Iruttu escapes with it. But he was soon captured by the police and thus Danny and Keshu escaped the charges. They also get to know that they won the first prize of a lottery and they don't have to do any fraud activities to live from now.

In a village in South Kerala bordering Tamil Nadu lives a wealthy man named Raja Rathnam Pillai . Following the demise of his first wife, he marries Muthu Lakshmi Ammal so that the child from his marriage will not grow up without the love and care of a mother. Unknown to him, Muthu Lakshmi already has a son, whom she calls by the name Muthu. On the night of the wedding, Muthu knocks at the door of Raja Rathnam Pillai, demanding that he be shown his mother. Once Raja Rathnam comes to know the truth, he takes Muthu into his care, giving him love, affection and a new name, "Rajamanikyam''. Muthu returns the favor duly, as when Raja Rathnam's son ends up killing one of the children of the village, he takes the blame and leaves the village. Several years later, Raja Rathnam's two grown-up children, Rajaselvam and Rani Rathnam , start fighting for their father's wealth. Rajaselvam, aided by his childhood buddy Simon Nadar ([[Ranjith also notches up a plot to frame his own father in a murder case. As a result, Raja Rathnam is arrested, but dies of a heart attack while being taken to prison. After his death the two siblings call the family lawyer to read out Raja Rathnam's will in public. But to their surprise, they find that control of all the assets of their father have been given to a cattle dealer in Bellary, known by the name of Bellary Raja . They fail to recognize that Bellary Raja is none other than Rajamanikyam. How Rajamanikyam returns to his home town to unite the warring siblings forms the rest of the story. During the course of the movie, Rajaselvam and Rani Rathnam realize that Bellary Raja is actually their stepbrother. They try all they can to thwart him, so that they can regain control of their father's wealth. But Bellary Raja never falls for any of their attempts and he uses educated Raju to stabilize the assets of his stepfather and prevents it from getting into the hands of his siblings, thereby preserving it. Raja effectively uses the help of his thug friends to restore order in the establishment. Towards the end of the movie, Rajaselvam and Simon Nadar get into an argument, which turns into a fight. Simon Nadar, who wants to harm Rajaselvam, betrays him and he is held by one of his old trade partners, who demands a lot of money for the release of Rajaselvam. Rajamanikyam comes to his rescue, pays the required amount of money to release Rajaselvam, and takes him home, where both of them settle their old enmities. The movie ends when Rajamanikyam, who is half-blind, says, "Now I have both eyes", signifying Raju and Rajasel.

Ramanathan IPS is a police officer that is different. The Murder of his wife makes him take law into his own hands as he gets no support from the various people he meets. He brings the wrong doer's to justice even though he accepts bribes. He follows the policy of Kayamkulam Kochunni, a renowned real life Robin Hood. Taking from the rich and giving it to the poor. He also funds an orphanage for mentally disabled children.

Dileep, an illegal immigrant stranded in Madrid. is conversant only in Malayalam. He gets a job as a cook in an Indian restaurant,as he has some experience in running a roadside eatery in his homeland, run by an expatriate, Majid. In the restaurant he is assigned with the task of serving up various types of dosas and, he comes up with a local variant named Spanish Masala. This turns out to be his passport to employment in the home of an ex-diplomat, who had earlier served in India. Here he meets the diplomat's daughter Camilla , who is visually impaired. She becomes a big time fan of Charlie's Spanish Masala. She is not on talking terms with her father, who is believed to have killed her Indian lover, Rahul , the son of her Malayali nanny, from whom she has learnt to speak Malayalam. Later Camilla starts to get closer to Charlie. Since he can imitate anyone's voice, one servant Pappan leads him to imitate Rahul's voice and keep Rahul's memory alive. After sometime, she recovers and starts seeing everything, but to see her, her dad is no more. A strange incident occurs when Rahul arrives for his funeral. One day, as per Menon's instructions, Charlie cleans Señor 's room. He finds a CD which Señor had seen before he died, and from that he finds out that Rahul was sent to Portugal to avoid the relationship between Camilla and Rahul, by paying him money by Señor. Again Rahul is spared by Charlie. As it goes, one day Menon enters a bar where he sees Rahul and another girl dancing together. He went to interrogate about it by following him, when he saw Rahul sitting with some goons and the girl. Later he researched on it, when he came to know that it wasn't a good life for Rahul in Portugal. He sold the factory which Señor offered him and he had taken loan from some goons for gambling and could not repay them. Camilla heard about it and she felt sorrow that she was keeping a crooked lover in her mind. Later Camilla and Menon go back to Kerala, India to fix the alliance between Charlie and Camilla.

Kichamani a smooth talking wheeler-dealer who runs a big establishment specialized in bribing officials and making things done from government machinery. The MBA attached to his name is not the short form for the degree, but it stands for Member of Bachelor Association, as the hero is more a devotee of lord Ayappa. He has his parallel mechanisms in every government office and with the passes issued by Kichamani, he can get any deed done, ranging from getting job transfers, smuggling goods including liquor to booking a seat in private medical colleges. Kichamani has his own reasons to think that the remedy for corruption is not anti corruption, but corruption itself. He believes in his experiences that he got since his childhood working with the bribery machinery in various offices. His immediate core group includes Ginnah, Bahuleyan, Udaya Bhanu & Gopi. Devanarayanan, popularly called as Devanji, is a shrewd politician, who treats politics as a part of his illegal business. Devanarayanan is hell bent on clearing the machinery of Kichamani for a variety of reasons as Kichamani extends unlimited support to Bahuleyan, his opponent in the party and as Kichamani is the one solely responsible for sending Devan's brother to jail. Into this turmoil arrives Shivani Menon , an award winning documentary maker from Delhi, with her crew composed of manager Chempakaraman and cameraman Sajan. As they are soon embroiled in probing on the illegal land acquisition by a paradise group headed by Devanji, and plan to make a documentary on that, they fall into danger. Kichamani saves them and gives them a shelter in his house. The essential love angle in the film is created by Sajan and Kichamani's sister Kalyani. The film progresses in the unending fights between Kichamani and Devanarayanan who strive for more power. The villain gathers every point to fight with Kichamani, which proves to be the singular plot of the film.

This refreshing tale from K. Balachander focuses on the fairly realistic tale of a famous singer Bharathi and his extremely possessive wife named Gowri . Tricked into marriage by his convincing mother-in-law, what really irks Bharathi is his wife’s inability to deal with his rabid female fans. Tensions escalate until Bharathi flees from home and ends up encountering someone else named Jyothi who’s also escaping from her life as a dancer because her husband made her dance forcefully and tried forcing her to be a prostitute. Geetha’s character is surprisingly well-defined. As a rabid fan who gets to marry the object of her desires, she is obviously afraid her husband will cheat on her with one of the thousands of women throwing themselves at him – after all, he slept with them before their marriage. Geetha turns in a convincing performance as a woman whose all-consuming love ends up consuming her. Rahman, who sounds suspiciously like ‘Nizhagal’ Ravi, also does well as the famous singer – but a tiny quibble with the story: he goes to work in a restaurant in North India serving South Indian cuisine, and none of the customers recognize the famous singer. Then, he makes a living in Goa with Jyothi, meets one Malayali couple, who died later in the movie and are both fluent in Hindi, and by watching the couple,they learn the true definition for love while falling in love themselves. Then Bharathi gets a prank call from his PA that Gowri is ill. So he comes back with Jyothi from Goa, which makes Gowri angry and she doesn't let Jyothi in without knowing who she is. Bharathi gets angry and they stay in another one of his houses. Bharathi gets so angry that he claims that he loves Jyothi and that she cannot go because of her problems. So Gowri files for a divroce, informs news reporters about Jyothi. Jyothi's husband appears later in the story. Gowri plans to get married to a cricket player Guru. Guru had proposed to her in the past. He accepts the proposal and abandons one of his fans, Yamuna, who is obsessed with him. Later, Yamuna commits suicide in the marriage hall readied for Gowri's marriage. Gowri's mother and her PA feel that she is mentally unstable. Her mother begs Bharathi to go and see her in the hospital and he goes with Jyothi to see her. Jyothi then sees that Bharathi and Gowri belong to each other. Jyothi later finds her husband, who was indeed in love with her. After that, Bharathi goes to record him being happy and visits his wife in the hospital while enjoying himself.

Karthik is a mechanical engineering graduate but aspires to become a filmmaker. Through his friend, Karthik gets introduced to a cinematographer. With his support, Karthik becomes an assistant director to Puri Jagannadh. Karthik's family, who are Hindus, rents the ground floor of a two-storeyed house which belongs to the Thekekuttus. The Thekekuttu family is a conservative Malayali Catholic family from Alappuzha, Kerala, who live upstairs. The Thekekuttus have a daughter, Jessie . When Karthik meets Jessie for the first time, he falls in love with her. Karthik expresses his love one day to her, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. The two meet several times afterwards and Jessie begins to admit that she likes Karthik but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father won't accept a Hindu marrying their daughter. Her parents learn about their affair and arrange a marriage for her. But at the wedding, she refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents. Suddenly, Jessie is forced by her father to marry and seeks Karthik's help, who was in Goa for a film shooting. Busy Karthik is unable to attend to her calls and messages; Jessie is unable to reach him. After a tense phone call from Jessie, Karthik goes back one night to check on her. An angry and hurt Jessie makes a final decision to break up with Karthik because of her father's strong disapproval of their love. Later on, Karthik learns that Jessie got married and is settled abroad. Two years later, Karthik meets Nandini , who falls in love with him. She is rejected by Karthik who cites his previous affair with Jessie whom he can not get over. He then comes up with a script for his first film, which happens to be his own love story. He calls upon Silambarasan Rajendar as the film's protagonist and Trisha Krishnan as the female lead. The film is eventually titled Jessie. He sees Jessie three years later in the U.S. and thinks she is married. She reveals that she is not. She refused to marry anyone her parents set up because they rejected Karthik. Out of anger, her parents leave. They then get married at a Hindu temple and a church. The film ends at a theater where they watch Jessie.

Naalu Pennungal is the story of four women from Kuttanad in Alappuzha district in Kerala. The stories are set in the years between the 1940s and the 1960s. The Prostitute The first story profiled is the story of a street prostitute Kunjipennu and Pappukutty who decide to start a life as husband and wife. They have bound themselves in matrimony that does not have any legal sanction. When the law catches up with them, they do not have anything that can be an evidence of their commitment towards each other. The story ends in the court scene where the helpless couple are punished for the crime of prostituition. The Virgin Kumari - literally, a virgin girl- is a farm worker who shouldered the responsibility of running her household at a very early age. Her father , having realized her advancing age, accepts a suitable marriage proposal for her. After the wedding, her husband, Narayanan , behaves strangely, as he evades any kind of contact with her including verbal conversation and sexual activity. The husband's mysterious behavior is accentuated by his glut. After a few days, the couple make the customary visit to Kumari's house. Narayanan leaves Kumari in her house after the visit and never returns to take her back. As days pass, rumors spread that she has been abandoned by him because of her infidelity. Her father, unable to bear the shame of it, picks up a fight with the neighbor who had brought the marriage proposal. Kumari, who had maintained silence so far, emerges from the house and declares that the marriage never happened. The Housewife Chinnu Amma is a childless housewife. She lives a fairly contented life with her loving husband ([[Murali . Her husband works in a nearby town and she spends her time alone at home. One day, she is visited by Nara Pillai ([[Mukesh , a former classmate. Nara Pillai had run away to Tamil Nadu, long ago and now visits his village rarely. He is said to have done well in Tamil Nadu and speaks Malayalam with a heavy Tamil accent even when he is back in Kerala. Through their conversations we realize that they both had an amorous encounter in their childhood, from which Chinnu Amma escaped narrowly due to her fear of getting pregnant out of wed-lock. Nara Pillai assumes that she is vulnerable and attempts to talk her into bed, promising her a healthy off spring.Chinnu Amma's mind vacillates, but in the end of the movie she boldly declines the offer. The last one is about an upper middle class girl . She has a quiet life in a family composed of her widowed mother , an elder brother and two sisters. The story begins with a marriage proposal for her, which fails as the groom prefers her younger sister . She silently witnesses the marriage. As years pass on, her elder brother ([[Ashokan also gets married. As she walks towards middle age, her youngest sister also gets married. Once the mother passes away, she is forced to move in with her younger sister's family. Things seem to go well initially, with her getting close to her nieces. Her sister's husband apologizes to her, for being the reason for her failed marriage proposal. But, soon problems surface as her sister gets jealous of her and starts imagining a non-existing affair with her husband and her. She goes back home alone, refusing to live with either her brother or the youngest sister. She finally has broken the shackles of others controlling her life and has decided to live on her own.

The story takes place in a small village in Kerala called Chithirapuram. A group of innocent people from the village sets out to the town to attend the marriage of their friend Aravindan, a Chakyar Koothu exponent. They travel in a bus named Kudumbasree Travels. Aravindan's uncle Pachu and his friend Nittar are conspiring against his marriage to the rich girl Aswathi. Instead Pachu wants Aravindan to marry his daughter. On their way to attend the marriage, the group meets Sreedevi who keeps a lot of secrets and the story takes its turn at this point

An orphan and good-hearted lad, Simhadri is 'adopted' and grows up under Ram Bhupal Varma's family care in Visakhapatnam. The bond they share is like a father and son. Kasturi is the granddaughter of Ram Bhupal Varma. Kasturi likes Simhadri a lot. Once a week, Simhadri visits a mentally challenged girl called Indu . He entertains her and provides money to her caretakers . When Ram Bhupal Varma and his wife discover Kasturi's wish to marry Simhadri, Ram Bhupal Varma decides to get them married. He makes a formal announcement to officially adopt Simhadri. At this time, it is revealed that Simhadri is very close to Indu. The alliance breaks off when Simhadri refuses to leave Indu . Meanwhile, two separate groups are in search of Simhadri. They find him at the banks of Godavari River along with Indu. In the ensuing confrontation between one group and Simhadri, Indu gets injured. Simhadri is helped by the second group who call him 'Singamalai Anna' . When Indu comes back to her senses, she remembers her past and the first thing she does is stab Simhadri with an iron pole. Simhadri is hospitalized in critical condition. Then we see many buses carrying hoards of people demanding to see 'Singamalai Anna'. The leader of the second group who was searching for Simhadri explains the 'Singamalai Anna' story in a flashback. In the flashback, it is revealed that Ram Bhupal Varma's oldest daughter Saraswati elopes with her lover, a Keralite named Aravind . After some harsh words and saddened over Ram Bhupal Varma's rejection over her choice to marry her love, they both settle in Kerala. Learning of the sadness surrounding Ram Bhupal Varma and his wife, Simhadri takes up the job of uniting the family and visits Thiruvananthapuram. He joins the medical and spiritual therapy spa operated by Saraswati and her family under the disguise of a patient. He finds that Indu is the first granddaughter of Ram Bhupal Varma. He convinces the separated family to reunite and ask for forgiveness. During this time, Saraswati is killed by a local goon Bala Nair . A don named Bhai Saab controls the mafia of Kerala. Nair and Bhai Saab belong to the same mafia. Simhadri takes law into his hands and eradicates Bala Nair and his small gang in Kerala. The local Kerala people started calling him 'Singamalai'. In the ensuing scenes, Simhadri finds himself developing into "Singamalai," eradicating Bhai Saab's network and illegal activities. Indu finds herself alone and constantly worrying about him. She proposes to her father that they should return to Andhra Pradesh because she cannot stand their home without her mother and Simhadri ignores her now. Indu and Aravind decide to return to Visakhapatnam. Simhadri receives a call that Indu's father is carrying a bomb in his briefcase. Aravind is seen rushing to catch a moving train and Indu was about to lend him a hand. Unable to warn him, Simhadri has two choices: to let Indu's father die, so people on the train can live or let the bomb kill everyone on board, including the father and Indu herself. Simhadri chooses the first option. As soon as Aravind catches the train bar handle, Simhadri shoots him in the back. Surprised at Simhadri's action; Indu jumps off the train to catch her falling father and she hits her head against a pole, causing her amnesia and becoming mentally challenged. After the flashback ends, people are seen and heard chanting Singamalai Singamalai outside the hospital. Bhai Saab and his men arrive at the hospital to finish off Simhadri. But Simhadri has gained consciousness with the help of his friends, police and family; he takes down Bhai Saab and his army.

The film begins with Seenu , who runs an advertising agency in Hyderabad, setting off on a journey, distributing wedding invitations for his forthcoming wedding. Along the way, he encounters various individuals from his past, who bring back memories of three women that have had an impact on his love life. First, Seenu goes to his village in Andhra Pradesh where he spent his childhood. He remembers the antics he had done during his childhood, his school and his first love Vimala ([[Mallika . After finishing school, Vimala got married and she never met Seenu again. In the present day, Seenu invites everyone from his village for his wedding including his friends, his old school master and Vimala, her husband and her three children. Then, Seenu goes to a village in Kerala where he moved after his father Sriram , a postmaster, was transferred there. He had his college education there. He was constantly bullied by the students there as he did not know Malayalam, but eventually managed to become friends with a fellow student Satyam ([[Sunil , whose mother tongue was also Telugu. Satyam served him as a translator. Seenu soon fell in love with Lathika , a Malayali girl. Lathika too reciprocated his feelings and soon their relationship became intimate. However, when Lathika's family came to know of this, they drove Seenu's family from the village and got her married to a local youth who also had a crush on her. In the present day, Seenu reunites with Satyam in Kerala and invites him for his wedding. When they arrive at Lathika's house to invite her too, Seenu becomes upset to see that his former love had become a widow . After they were thrown out of the village in Kerala, Seenu and his parents moved to Hyderabad. Seenu had not got over Lathika and became an emotional wreck, and started to smoke and drink. He remained an emotional wreck until he met Divya , who worked in an advertisement agency headed by one Prakash . Divya, in fact, secured this job for Seenu after she saw him and his friend Bhagavan distributing pamphlets to the passengers in a bus, seeking job opportunities, hoping one of them may help them out in finding a job. Soon Seenu and Divya became close friends and Divya instilled confidence, unearthed his hidden talents and taught him the lesson that one has to go ahead in life without looking back. Soon, Divya revealed that her widowed mother was a paralytic patient and that she worked to take care of her mother. After Divya's mother died, Seenu, who had fallen in love with Divya, proposed to her, but she rejected it, saying that she was happy to be just a good friend. Finally, Seenu decided to get married to a girl of his parents' choice, Sandhya Kanika , for which he is distributing invitations in the present day. Everyone he invited, including Vimala, Lathika and Divya, attended his wedding. The film ends with Seenu reflecting on his life's journey to the audience.

The film begins with Police Officer Jeevan taking charge of Mangalore city Police. He learns from his subordinate Sudhakaran Nair that the city is still ruled by underworld don Govindji . Jeevan reveals that he has lived in Mangalore as a child. Navaneeth Krishnan a.k.a. Kishanji is the Henchman of Govindji who acts as a sort of Godfather to him. Kishan has a face/off with Jeevan and Jeevan gets injured in the fight. Jeevan later meets Kishan in a train but it turns out that it is Ananthakrishnan a.k.a. Ananthu , Kishan's twin brother; who unlike Kishan is a well educated and righteous person. Jeevan visits their family home in Kerala to confirm the facts. He learns that Kishan, despite being from a well-off family and being topper at school, ran off as a child and joined the gangs of Mangalore owing to a punishing father. According to Ananthu, Kishen was a normal child, but was always compared to the extra calm Ananthu and was punished severely for even the smallest of mistakes. Jeevan also meets Kishen's uncle and his daughter Manikkutty who is Ananthu's fiance. Back in Mangalore, Jeevan meets Govindji who gives him a warm welcome and shows that he has done enough homework on Jeevan's career and personal life. He introduced Jeevan to his lawyer as the officer responsible for destroying Pune underworld and as the son of Mangalore ex-Police commissioner. Later in the film, it is hinted that Govindji is responsible for the death of Jeevan's father and Jeevan is seeking revenge on Govindji. Govindji is mentoring Kishen to become the next Govindji. Kishen considers Govindji in place of his father and is obsessed with him. Govindji frequently repeats the incidents of their first meeting at a Police Station in Goa from where Govindji rescued him. Kitchen's best friend Muhammed Ibrahim Lal works for Mahendra Reddy, the leader of the rival gang. Despite this, they keep their friendship alive. Muhammed seems tired of the gang work and wants a peaceful life. However he can't escape it. Kishen lives in a flat provided by Govindji and has a deep relation with the neighboring family of Akhila and her mother. Akhila is in love with Kishen. However Kishen wears a stern face to hide his love. Ananthu visits Kishen at his flat and befriends Akhila. Kishen is visibly jealous with the affection and respect that Akhila shows to Ananthu. Ananthu requests Kishen to return home, however Kishen refuses as he still strongly hates his father. Ananthu returns home empty handed. Kishen murders Mehaboob , a close associate of Muhammed Ibrahim which upsets him greatly. Jeevan smells the opportunity and councils Muhammed. He suggests that Govindji and Reddy may not be enemies as they pretends. Muhammed provides information on Reddy's secret godowns. Jeevan raids the godowns and arrests Reddy. Govindji senses danger and orders Kishen to kill Muhammed. For the first time in life, Kishen questions Govindji. However, Govindji convinces Kishen to kill Muhammed Ibrahim to prove his loyalty. Kishen kills Muahammed with single shot from behind with great grief. Back home Kishen finds 'Mummy' murdered and realize that Govindji ordered the murder. Kishen visits Govindji. Suring heated argument, Kishen kills the new hench man who was instrument in the murder and points the gun at Govindji. Kishen leaves the gang. Govindji arranges 'Shoot at sight order against Kishen. Jeevan learns this and tries to protect Kishen. Meanwhile, Ananthu arrives in Mangalore to pursue Kishen to attend their sister's wedding. Jeevan manages to find Kishen. but Ananthu gets killed in front of them by Govindji's men. Jeevan and Akhila convinces Kishen to pretend as Ananthu so as to escape Govindji. Kishen, Jeevan and Akhila takes Ananthu's body back to Kerala. Back home, he finds his parents grief on his death. After the funeral, Jeevan returns while Akhila stays for a few more days. Kishen tries to be Ananthu, but he does not know anything about him. He is unable to handle queries about Ananthu's book on bird watching. He is on a long leave from College. Also he finds it difficult to deal with Manikkutty who is madly in love with Ananthu. He understands how much his father loved him. Also his mother reveals to him, she had understood his identity at first sight. The war between Govindji and Jeevan continues in Mangalore. Govindji finds a new hitman and kills Mahendra Reddy to destroy evidence against him. Jeevan visits Kishen and requests his assistance to destroy Govindji. He tries to provoke Kishen to seek revenge for his brother's death. However Kishen refuses to help as he is trying to carry on his new life. Ananthu gets honored by a national award for his contributions to bird watching and books. Kishen finds it difficult to face the press interviews following the award. He reveals the truth to his uncle. Meanwhile, Govindji also reads about the award and it is then that he learns Kishen has a twin brother. He gets alert immediately. He visits Kishen at his home pretending to give compensation to the family for his former employee. Kishen handles the situation well, but Govindji's doubt remains. Govindji abducts Akhila. He files a Police complaint that Akhila is missing. He wants Kishen back in Mangalore so that he can be killed. According to Govindji, he does not want Kishen to arrive unexpectedly as it is too difficult. He also tries to threaten Kishen with psychological tactics. Finally Kishen arrives in Mangalore and takes hand in hand with Jeevan. They capture all of Govindji's men in a single night. Then they raid his Banglowe and rescue Akhila. Govindji stands alone helplessly. Kishen tells Govindji that he is defeated, but he does not want to kill him. He gifts his gun to Govindji. Instead of killing Kishen, Govindji Commits suicide.

IG is an action movie in which Suresh Gopi dons the role of I.G. Durga Prasad. He was the head of Traffic Police. One day during his duty time he took into custody a gang of criminals who were involved in hawala transactions. The Chief Minister called a meeting to ascertain the source of the money. Actually the money was intended to terrorist activities. Knowing the serious situation, Chief Minister ordered to form an Anti Terrorists Squad. I.G.Durga Prasad was the leader of the squad. Once in a week he had to report the developments to the CM. It was at this time an allegation came out that I.G was harassing some fellows who were suspected to be encouraging the terrorists. Many people in the department itself were against him. Even under the heavy pressure he did not give up the inquiry. He tried his level best to put an end to the activities of terrorists.Finally he finds that his own brother was one among the terrorist gang in Kerala.He kills his brother with his mother`s permission and puts an end to the terrorist rampage in Kerala.He is honoured.

The time is the mid-fifties, when the Indian states were being reorganized. The place is a remote village in Kerala. There is a palpable hum of excitement as the village Panchayath, led by the Brahmin landlord, is determined to bring the benefits of electricity to this backward place. As the story unfolds, it introduces us to an array of characters in the village...the Communist tailor given to fiery speeches, laced with quotations; the landlord's bossy manager; Kuttan, the odd job man, hitching his star to the influential newcomers; the wise school teacher, the adolescent boy and girl; the braggart overseer... Families and groups are deftly sketched with a cartoonist's sharp eye. Each group has its own story to tell, in self-contained episodes that are all interrelated. The vela or the festival of the local temple is a symbol of the harmony that prevailed in the village in those pre-electricity days. After the executive engineer from the Electricity Department has surveyed the place with becoming solemnity, there follows a flurry of activity. The overseer, flatteringly called engineer by the villagers who don't know the distinction, has an eye for the girls. Kuttan, the man for all jobs, becomes the overseer's faithful servitor. He induces the girl he hopes to marry to join the electricity workforce. A doctor following in the wake of electricity sets up a dispensary in the village. Kuttan decides he is a more prestigious master to serve. The village soon stops treating the overseer with awe. He displays a taste for the arts and theatricals, forms an amateur group and earnestly begins rehearsing for a romantic play about separated lovers. Young Jose plays the heroine's role. Jose is a bright, ambitious boy who plans to leave the village to work outside Kerala, once the coming festival is over. The disenchantment with electricity is gradual. The location of the electric pole makes old friends and neighbors fall out. There are dire omens of death. At first, cows are electrocuted atop the wire, then a cow falls in a huddle. Death also comes to Kuttan's girlfriend who is pregnant. Kuttan cannot afford to support her, and abortion seems the only way out. Next morning, her dead body was found in the temple pond. The doctor, who has finalised marriage negotiations with the manager's daughter is unmasked - as a quack and a would-be bigamist to boot. Kuttan's simple trust is betrayed by the overseer who seduces his sister. Before the larger calamity strikes, there is a symbolic burial of the beautiful temple lamppost, whose wick was ceremonially lit every evening. Its gentle glow has now been replaced by harsh electric glare. The story moves inexorably to its culmination. At the temple festival every year, Kuttan traditionally dons the vestments of the Kali, the avenging goddess. He decides to wreak vengeance on the overseer who he sees as the root cause of all calamities in the village. But in the clash, it is young Jose, who gets electrocuted. The cry of the innocent victim is drowned by the pyrotechnical dazzle of the festival fireworks, which are sparked off in the melee — a parable of nuclear holocaust. The frame freezes on a parachuting mannikin headed for the earth, arms outstretched as if in crucifixion.

The film is set in the Punnapra-Vayalar-Haripad area of Coastal Kerala, a hotbed during the Communist movement in Kerala in the 50s. The story is about Chellappan, a fiercely dedicated Communist, an employee at Chacko's business, where he's become a respected leader amongst the working class by organizing pickets and strikes. He, however, neglects his family, abusing his wife Bhavani and their two children, a boy named Kuttappan , and a younger girl named Kumari . Chellappan is depicted as a man of weak moral fiber . Moreover he is highly suspicious of his wife Bhavani, who is still rather comely and of clean habits. He often accuses her of infidelity , and often wonders whether his wife is carrying on an affair behind his back with his friend Gopalan , another day-laborer. Due to this suspicion he constantly fights with and physically abuses his wife. Life is depicted as a daily fight against hunger and hardship. One day, Chellappan gets fired from his job by Chacko. A belligerent Chellappan happens to meet Chacko on a bylane and accosts him. A nervous Chacko escapes somehow and complains to the police of a possible threat to his life by Chellappan. The police come around looking for Chellappan, but he vanishes underground, leaving behind his wife and kids to fend for themselves. In order to support her family, Sheela joins the ranks of day laborers. Gopalan befriends her and offers her sympathy and a shoulder to cry on. After a while, despite her conscience, they soon enter into a relationship. Bhavani sells her house to a local businessman, who promises to get her another small parcel of land elsewhere where she can construct her own house. The children miss their father, especially the little daughter Kumari. The local chapter of the Communist Party has now arranged temporary hiding for Chellappan with a family of humble working-class people, also Communist sympathizers, under a false alias 'Prabhakaran'. To them he's an honored, but mysterious guest, a minor celebrity. They shower him with honest warmth and affection; especially their grown-up daughter Parvathy , who harbors in her heart a desire for matrimonial union. Prabhakaran reads those subtle signals and tries to seduce her, but she does not succumb. He feels ashamed and realizes he's been neglecting his wife and kids, and travels back to his village incognito. There he comes to know that his wife has sold their old home and is now openly residing with Gopalan. Moreover, she's pregnant. Chellappan gets remorseful, and starts blaming himself for the change of events. Without a word, he goes back to Ernakulam, but now he has changed significantly, he's deeply philosophical, and truly alone. Wandering around the town, he notices an agitation outside the gates of a factory, organized by the local chapter of the Communist Party, agitating against the factory owner, whom they accuse for the disappearance of one Paulose, whose beautiful daughter was coveted by the mill owner. Soon some hired goons arrive, agents of the factory owner, and there's a scuffle. Chellappan joins the fight against the goons and inflicts injuries on the goons. The police arrive and briefly arrest Chellappan. However the local Communists organizers are not impressed by this newcomer and remark darkly against him. However, his bravery is noticed by Hamza who runs a small ramshackle tea stall just outside the main gates of the factory. The goons have long terrorized Hamza and often take his stuff for free. Hamza the shopkeeper, now emboldened, shows scant respect to the factory-owner's goons, who then demolish his shack at night. The next morning Hamza rushes to see the ruins of his kiosk and vows revenge against the Mill owner . News now gets out to his hosts that his guest was none other than Chellappan and that 'Prabhakaran' was just an alias, and that he's married with two kids. Parvathy gets disconsolate, and pines for Chellappan. After his release he comes back to his hosts where he's now become a real Communist celebrity and greeted with simple pomp. That night, after everyone's gone to sleep, she goes to him and offers herself without reserve. But Chellappan is now a different person: he refuses and leaves the place. Chellappan comes back to his village and visits his estranged wife at her new home. He learns from his son that his daughter has died of jaundice. Bhavani, now with a baby in arm, meets him, and asks him to show love to his very own son Kuttappam. Chellappan now looks at his son with love, and blesses him tenderly, telling him to study, work hard and become a great man. He then departs, silently, without looking back. Soon news comes out that Chellappan has been arrested for the murder of the factory-owner, and that Chellappan has given a full confession to the Police to that effect. Chellappan goes to trial, where he openly accepts blame for the crime. Consequently, he is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. As he is taken away to jail in a vehicle, the scene shows his ex-wife Bhavani, disconsolately running behind the van, crying, restrained by Gopalan: a very poignant scene. (Sathyan the actor had already died. News of his sentencing brings together all those who were close to him: Bhavani, Gopalan, Kuttappan, and Parvathy and her family, who truly lament the loss of their beloved hero. The sentence is carried out. Bhavani and Gopalan bear the body back home in a rented car . The final scene shows two mounds outside their house. A large mound- that of Chellappan, and next to him a smaller mound: that of his beloved daughter Kumari.

Thathwamasi is about a group of pilgrims’ traveling from a border village in Kerala to Sabarimala to visit Lord Ayyappas temple. A police constable, an atheist, who is on duty there, joins them. Unexpected incidents that happen during the journey transform their life forever.

The story revolves around Aniyan Thampuran , a naive and innocent prince of an erstwhile royal family, and his household in a village of Kerala. His family is heavily indebted by the wayward lifestyle of his elder brother Chettan Thampuran . Chettan Thampuran's untimely death forces Aniyan to take responsibility for the family. He loses his house and all properties to pay his brother's debts and is led to financial ruin. He realizes that his wife had an affair with his friend Balan and married him only because of the poverty in her family. This realisation devastates him further and culminates in his suicide in a heart-breaking{{Says who}} scene.

Unaru is the only Malayalam film directed by film maker Mani Ratnam and the script was penned by T. Damodaran. The film gives the inside view of the problems that arose in the labor trade union parties in Kerala. Filled with acclaimed performances by all the major cast, it shows the social as Peter in lead roles.

9121918 The story is about a man known only as 'K', who is somewhere in his 30s and is a heavy chain-smoker. He is very confident in himself and very arrogant in nature. Catching hold of his smoking habit from a very young age, he hasn't looked back ever since. K is also revealed to have smoked spiked ganja and landed up in hospital due to it. His well-wishers have tried in vain to make him quit but to no avail. Both his friends Abbas Tyrewala and the doctor who treats K's brother, offer to set up an appointment at a rehabilitation center called 'Prayogshala', which they claim will rid K of his dreadful habit. K finally relents after his wife Anjali leaves him, unable to take the strain K's smoking places on their relationship. K decides to check out Prayogshala, and meets Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bengali Sealdahwale, the man who is to save him. When he gets to Kalkatta Karpets, the front for the unconventional rehab center, his Labyrinth-esque adventure starts. The method Prayogshaala uses to cure their patients of their addiction is 'fear'. Each time a patient gives in to their vice, Baba makes sure that something shocking happens to them. #The first offense is almost killing a loved one by keeping him/her in a chamber full of cigarette smoke the person has smoked in his entire life for a duration of 5 minutes. #The second offense is losing a finger. #The third offense is the death of a loved one. #The last offense is taking the soul of the person from his body although this offense is described very loosely. K refuses to sign the contract and pay the fee of Twenty one lakh Eleven thousand and one Rupees for his treatment but is forced to do so by Baba Bengali and his disciples.

Malathi, a gynecologist, is childless. To remedy this she divorces her husband and marries his friend Ravi. Some months later, she gives birth to an eight year old child. In the climax, she commits suicide and her husband dies shortly after her death. Meanwhile, it is shown that her former husband finds salvation in religion

Pulikattil Charlie is a pet of his mom and grandma. He, after the death of his father, has struggled hard to create a business empire of his own. His father was a ruthless feudal landlord, who during his lifetime had done several heinous crimes. Charlie is now helping all those who had to once suffer from the hands of his father. Charlie is married to a girl, whose father was killed by his father. Her brother Karnan returns from jail to avenge Charlie. Karnan is unaware of the fact that his sister is married to Charlie. Later he realizes that Charlie is a good hearted person and gives up revenge and apologizes to Charlie.

This is one of the best movies that showcased the versatility of the veteran actor, Thilakan. Thilakan is a worker at a factory and his family consists of his wife, his dad and 3 children.Elder son is trying hard to establish himself in Kerala after having had strong will to stay in Kerala rather than going abroad. Second sonis looking for a Government job and is in love with Chippi. Balachandramenon finally starts a telephone booth and is inaugurated by Circle Inspector(Jagathi Sreekumar, which turns out to be an evergreen comedy in malayalam. Thilakan however wants Jagadeesh to look out for better prospects in the interim of his test results. Jagadeesh also shows some plans to start a business of his own. Once he and Thilakan, traveling to Mangalore for a job needed by Jagadish, meet up with an accident when the lorry they were traveling fell into a river. Jagadeesh escapes and Thilakan is not found. He is believed to be killed in the accident. Thilakan, is an insurance holder for a huge amount and his sons make arrangements to claim it stating that their father is killed in the accident. Thilakan's boss, knowing that Thilakan's family is getting a huge amount, tries to interfere with a fraud story. With the papers being arranged for insurance claim, Thilakan surprisingly returns home alive after being in an Ayurvedic Heritage home under treatment nursing his injuries from the accident. His return , however does not please his sons, Jagadeesh in particular, who by then had laid some business plans eyeing his father's insurance money. They force Thilakan to stay home enclosed in a room without roaming outside so as to claim the insurance amount. Thilakan's return is witnessed by his neighbor who believes that it is his ghost and he turns psychic. Thilakan, unable to bear the humiliation of being locked up in the house and seeing that his sons care about money more than him, finally decides to leave home one night. He is accompanied by Kaviyoor Ponnamma who asks him whether he is leaving her alone behind. The climax scene shows Thilakan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma accompanied by Krishnan Kutty Nair also and the 3 traveling away from their children to lead a new life.

'Ozhimuri' is based on the story of the book 'Uravidangal' by veteran bilingual writer Jeyamohan, which is, the matrilineal system that prevailed in the Nair community in the erstwhile southern Travancore. The advantage of the matrilineal system was that the property was enjoyed by successors of the women in the family. The women were educated and bold. They enjoyed freedom in all respects. The mother in the family was stronger than the father. But by the end of this system, in the 1940s, women lost all their powers and soon became 'slaves' in the hands of a feudal male-dominated society. The movie exposes the complexities of a period of transition from matrilineal to patrilineal. "Ozhimuri'' means 'divorce record' in both Tamil and Malayalam. In the matrilineal system, women were free to divorce their husbands if they were not having a sound relationship. The 'ozhimuri' or small palm-leaf pieces recording divorces of couples still stand testimony to the freedom, which women enjoyed those days. The movie lays open the ego clashes and complexities of a period through the eyes of its lead character Thanupillai , who witnesses the tale of three women, his mother, wife and son's wife.

Bharathan is a post-graduate and unemployed. Somehow he manages to get the job of a Malayalam teacher at a tuition center. His wife Geetha works in a consumer store. The couple stays in a rented house owned by Kariyachan. Bharathan is a genius inventor and has a rather inquisitive mind especially as far as scientific matters are concerned. He is always around inventions with little care on what happens around him. He never sticks to any particular job, which lands his family in deep financial troubles. His wife Geetha is upset about all this, but little could she do to avoid her husband from becoming the laughing stock of many who don't understand him. Some people like Kariachan cleverly usurp the patent rights of some of Bharathan's crude inventions. The few people who come with helping hands are Thankachan, one of his students in the tuition center and Peter, who goes around finding him new jobs. In the meantime Bharathan invents a gadget that could be used to clean and sweep the courtyard and also to pluck coconuts and fruits from palms and trees. One day, on the way to take classes, Bharathan notices a paper rocket-flown by some children-staying midair for an unusually long period of time. This and a few other experiences lead him to a very spectacular discovery relating to gravity. But people around him brand him a lunatic and that leads to many problems in his life. But Bharathan does discover the reason behind the phenomenon is antigravity and claims that he can make flying objects that can be used by man to reach any destination without any fuel, and he suddenly gets famous. But due to over concentration, Bharathan loses his memory about the project. The government brings a psychiatrist to cure him. He finds that with some seemingly fatal interventions, Bharathan could be cured and he could make anti gravity workable.

It tells the story of a college student Lal played by Mohanlal, who takes on 3 Masters degrees in college and continues as a student in the college as if he was an orphan. He lives in a home nearby college made from the money of his unknown father. From the time of his memory he lives in an orphanage, now he is in college and he does not want to leave the college. The story revolves around the college and various events happening in the college. Maniyan Pillai Raju appears as the character 'Chakkara' in the film and there are some hilarious scenes involving him and his cohorts from college. The scene where he attempts to project the aura of an intellectual, by quoting events from Mahatma Gandhi's life in Hindi to his friends, is one of the most classic comedy scenes from the golden age of Malayalam cinema. In the scene, he also claims to model himself after Venu Nagavalli , who is the actual director of this film and was known for his thoughtful movies at the time.

The film, in Malayalam and made by the Indian film maker K P Kumaran, AkashaGopuram is set among the Indian immigrant community in London and tells the story of Albert Samson , a middle-aged architect who has clawed his way to prominence. His single-minded focus on his job, however, has hardened him and prevented him and his wife ALICE from having a meaningful family life. The costs of Samson's ambition are also symbolized in his assistant, Abraham Thomas , Samson's own former employer whom he treated badly to reach the top. Thomas, now dying, wants his son Alex to have more independence in the firm. Samson, however, fears that he will be eclipsed by a younger generation of architects, and refuses to allow Alex either to design original houses or to leave the firm and strike out on his own. Into this tense situation, enter Hilda Varghese , a vivacious young woman who idolized Samson ten years ago when, in the early stages of his career, he built a large church in her hometown and climbed to the top of its tower during its dedication ceremony. At that time Samson had promised "a kingdom" to Hilda, then a girl of twelve; now, Hilda who earnestly believes his word has come to collect her kingdom. As Samson struggles with the destructive consequences of his pursuit of glory and his growing fear that he has lost his creative powers, the mysterious Hilda helps him gain a glimpse of his former self.

Palunku tells the story of an industrious farmer Monichan and his family, which consists of his wife Susamma, and his daughters Geethu and Neethu, whom he lovingly calls 'Ponnu' and 'Kilunthu'. Monichan is happy with his life as a farmer and loves his family, his profession, nature and the people around him. At a juncture in his life, he is forced to take his daughters to a school in the town, simply because the school in his village cannot accommodate his elder daughter, who is in fifth standard, as there are not enough students to run classes. Thus Geethu and Neethu join an English medium school. Monichan brings the children to school every morning and hangs around in town till evening to take them back. In the course of this routine, Monichan gets close to Soman Pillai, a shrewd lottery agent, who knows all kinds of short-cuts to earn money. Soman Pillai becomes Monichan's advisor. Monichan buys a bicycle and the father and the daughters now travel to town and back on the bicycle. In the meantime Monichan joins a class conducted for elders and starts learning to read and write Malayalam as well as English. A minor accident makes Monichan shift over to the town along with his family. Once in town, Monichan finds himself trapped in a vicious circle. He, with the help of Soman Pillai, begins to tread down the wrong path - lending out money, and doing things not entirely above board. His life changes slowly. He is no longer the naive farmer he used to be. Even his wife has changed, spending her time watching soap operas on TV and dreaming about modern household amenities. But fate has something else in store for them.They lose someone close to them

Madhavan who is loved by everyone in his village. Madhavan is an old-fashioned guy who loves Malayalam and the Malayalee culture, unlike his brothers Satheeshan and Rameshan . They dislike Madhavan playing "big brother" and taking all the decisions. Madhavan's brothers-in-law are also against him. Satheeshan, Rameshan and the brothers-in-law plan to build a heritage resort on their land, which is ancestral property being looked after by Madhavan. Madhavan initially opposes the move but leaves it to his brothers when his mother forces him. Madhavan goes to Palani, to pray at the temple there. There he meets retired station master Viswanathan Menon ([[Murali . Menon is there to recover the money that one Gounder owes him. But things take a twist when Menon is found dead in his lodge room. Madhavan is arrested as a suspect, but is released after it is proved that the death was due to heart failure. Madhavan anyway decides to go to Viswanathan Menon's place

Two of Kerala's rival cops, worlds apart from each other, work for the narcotics department. Shekhar goes about his duty in a ruthless street cop manner. Anand's approach is professional and sophisticated. Both men in their different styles cause havoc and mayhem in the world of drug cartels resulting in great loss for super villain Reji Allan and brother Saji . Amidst the fast paced action love grows deep between Shekhar and Sethulakshmi , a servant girl who takes care of her mother . The relationship is portrayed through humor and mischief. Meanwhile, Anand, a deep rooted family man, is bound by his brotherly devotion to his sister, Keerthi

Manjadikuru is a story of homecoming from the late 1970s, when 10 year old Vicky arrives at his grandparents home in rural Kerala to attend his grandfather's funeral. The disjointed family gathers together for the sixteen day long funeral period. During this period, Vicky discovers more about himself, his family and culture than he had expected to. The journey is narrated through the memories of an adult Vicky who returns to the same house to recount the experience. After some years the boy returns as a young man , to visit old grounds, and finds the 'Lucky red seeds' scattered away.Manjadikuru Summary South Asian International Film Festival, New York.

Maharaja Talkies is about Vimala ([[Urvashi and her three sisters Ganga, Yamuna and Unnimaya. They run a film theater that has been bestowed on them by their mother, before she died. Vimala has been more than a father and mother to the younger kids, since their father Raghavan Nair had deserted them when they were quite young. Pappachan ([[Vijayaraghavan who plays the local moneybag, who is hell bent on bringing Maharaja Talkies down. He does it by hiring a cabaret dancer, and the people in no time desert the cinema hall and flock around the voluptuous performer. He also seeks the services of a Panchayath member who has been spurned by the 'theater sisters' and who was asked to buy a few tickets for his family, for a change. Then Venugopal ([[Mukesh , Vimala's childhood friend, comes to the village as Panchayath secretary. He then helps Vimala save the talkies.

Harishkumar S. Patel is a geeky student from a small village in Gujarat, India who is attending the University of Houston, while living with his uncle . His uncle, Dr. Bakshi, has an American-born son who's Hari's age, Mohan Bakshi . Mohan, known as Mo, is a popular student at UH. He shows Hari around the college but then stays away from him because of Hari's nerdy ways. Hari, meanwhile, is overly excited because of an astrological prediction that was made by a holy man. The famous astrologer told Hari that he'll meet his Sapno Ki Rani in America and her name will begin with a "P." Hari then meets Priya , a Malayali studying fashion, and falls in love with her. In the meanwhile, Mo falls in love with Janvi Valia , a Punjabi girl, but things don't go as planned when Mo invites Janvi to a party. In the film's conclusion, Mo learns important things about his culture, and Hari overcomes his challenges. This film is primarily a comedic portrayal of young Indian Americans going through life.