Maalayogam
Maalayogam is a Malayalam film released in 1990. Directed by Sibi Malayil, this film casts Jayaram, Mukesh, Parvathy, Chithra, Murali, Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Thilakan Maniyan Pillai Raju and Suma Jayaram. The script was written by A. K. Lohithadas. This film was one of the biggest hits of the year.
While local brokers try to fix up the ladies with suitable men by hook or crook, Rameshan and Jose grow increasingly anxious for jobs. Seeing the success achieved by the local brokers, they decide to get into the marriage broker business after convincing their parents that this would be a winning shot. However their plan goes bust when the business flops driving them both to desperation again. Meanwhile Rema gets married off to a doctor as Rameshan fails to find the courage to save her. Rameshans sister also elopes with the local coconut plucker DamodaranMurali after her father reluctantly arranges her marriage with Remas aged father. Though initially enraged, Rameshan reconciles with his sister and Damodaran after realizing that his sister could not have found a better man. Damodaran advises Rameshan to get rid of his stigmas and join his fathers tea shop. Both he and Jose join their fathers and are able to find better success than with any of their past ventures. Meanwhile Joses father Thilakan forms a plan to get Jose married off for a sum of dowry, with which he could marry off his daughter RosalineChitra. They find suitable alliances and the marriage is fixed. However the happy occasion is clouded by the tragic news of Remas death. Rema was deeply unhappy with her husband who constantly harassed her and her father for money, despite her father having paid a huge sum of dowry and almost neck up in debt. Rameshan is devastated and ridden by guilt that he could not save her from this terrible fate. Finally the day of the betrothal dawns and both Jose and Rosaline take their vows together. But the happiness is shortlived as Thilakan discovers that the girls family had not been able to gather the promised dowry. He is furious but even more fearful that this would severely affect Rosalines marriage. On hearing that they would not receive the dowry promptly, Rosalines betrothed and his family immediately break the betrothal. Thilakan, mad with anger and grief comman
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