Charithram

Charithram translation History is a 1989 Malayalam thriller film starring Mammootty and Rahman in the lead roles along with Shobana, Lizy, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardhanan, Murali, and Pappu in other pivotal roles. It is written by S. N. Swamy and directed by G. S. Vijayan in his directional debut. The story is loosely based on the super hit Hindi movie Dhuan released in 1981 starring Mithun Chakraborty and Raakhee.

Raju was young, vibrant and a man of many talents. However, he soon fell prey to the world of drugs and started extracting money to buy drugs from his brother by hook or by crook. Philip, upon learning of his brothers drug problems, admitted him into a rehab facility. Raju appeared to recover and was then sent to Madras Tamil Nadu for further studies. On one of his visits to Chennai, Philip realised that Raju had gone back to his old ways and was worse than ever before. One night, Raju stole some money and absconded with Philips car . Philip came to know of this later when he received a call informing him that his car had met with an accident and the cars driver had perished in the explosion. Philip performed the last rites on his brothers body, which was burnt beyond recognition, in Madras itself and returned to Kerala. Cecily sympathises with her husband and soon gets over this sad incident.However, there is a twist in the story, when Raju returns home and surprises everyone. Mammootty has a hard time believing that this man is his brother.He performs many tests to prove whether the man is really his brother Raju.He is assisted by his friends in all these tests..But every test yields positive results.Soon almost everyone is convinced that it was indeed Raju who had come back.However Mammootty is still doubtful.Meanwhile RenuLizy the daughter of Philips friend Cherian Janardhanan a police officer,who had been bethrothed to Raju,convinced that Raju had come back begins an affair with him.Philip sees this and informs Cherian about it.Cherian talks to his daughter trying to convince her what a mistake it would be if it is not Raju.But Renu is adamant and expresses her belief that Raju had returned and also tells that she will marry none but Raju.So, Janardhanan visits Mammootty along with their common friend Murali who is a lawyer to propose Renu for Raju.But Mammootty denies saying that he doesnt believe it is his brother who had come back.Everyone gets frustrated t

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