Azhakiya Ravanan
Azhakiya Ravanan English Popinjay is a 1996 Malayalam romantic comedy drama film directed by Kamal and written by Sreenivasan. The film is a ragstoriches story of Shankar Das Mammootty who eventually gets drunk on his success. It also stars Bhanupriya, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Biju Menon, Rajan P. Dev, and Cochin Haneefa. The music is composed by Vidyasagar. Chirakodinja Kinavukal released on 2015 is a spinoff to this film.
Now he has returned to his native village incognito. He is a very boastful man and revels in the praises showered on him by the sycophants. He reveals his identity to Ambujakshan Sreenivasan, who is his childhood friend and an aspiring writer. He also confides in him his interest for Panickers daughter Anuradha Bhanupriya, who was his childhood infatuation. Ambujakshan succeeds in convincing Shankar to produce a film by telling him that it would help him to earn the respect of the villagers and win over Anuradha. Thus the production of the film starts under the direction of Sharath Biju Menon, who is the love interest of Anuradha.Shankar renders unsolicited financial help to Panickers family. But, Shankar later realizes about the love developing between Anuradha and Sharath the film director and that leads to a pause on the films production. Later, Shankar proposes marriage to Anuradha, which she declines. However, the family which is indebted to him coerces her to marry him. Anuradha, who is infuriated, decides that she will not present herself as a virgin before Shankar and makes love with Sharath. After the marriage she learns from Shankar that Sharath had accepted money from him for not creating any trouble for their marriage. This causes another heartbreak for her and she confesses about her relationship with Sharath to Shankar. In the end Shankar forgives Anuradha and their marital relationship resumes. ........
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