Kouthuka Varthakal

1990 Indian film

4 October 1990 (1990-10-04)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Kouthuka Varthakal is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Thulasidas and produced by Navas. It stars Mukesh and Suresh Gopi in the lead roles, with Siddique, Mamukkoya, Urvashi, and Ranjini in supporting roles. The film has a musical score by Johnson.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was partially inspired by Worth Winning (1989).^[4] It was a super hit at the box office.^[5]

Plot

The movie begins with the arrival of Ramamurthy, a man who has been newly employed as a school teacher, at the house of his friend, Raveendran "Ravi", where two other bachelors, Pavithran and Mathew Ninan Koshy, live. Mathew is promiscuous, and one night, when all of them are drunk, they place a bet on Mathew to woo the woman they choose with 10,000 rupees in return for it. Ramamurthy, after great difficulty, points out a woman they see in a temple. Kamalu is a young Tamil woman who is married to a relatively old man, Soorya Narayana Iyer. Kamalu falls for Mathew. Pavithran shows him a woman named Rosemary, who takes longer to fall for him, but eventually does. To continue the relationship, he breaks up with Kamalu. Raveendran decides to play a trick on Mathew by asking him to seduce his fiancée, Ashwathy, whom he thinks will not fall for Mathew and will end his promiscuity. Eventually, Mathew makes Ashwathy fall for him, making Raveendran angry. He apologises and breaks up with Ashwathy after Raveendran tells him the truth. He decides to marry Rosemary, but fails when she disagrees. The film ends with the marriage of Raveendran and Ashwathy and Mathew and Rosemary.

Cast

Mukesh as Mathew Ninan Koshy
Suresh Gopi as Raveendran (Ravi)
Ranjini as Rose Mary
Urvashi as Aswathy Nair
Siddique as Pavithran
Maniyanpilla Raju as Ramamoorthy
Mamukkoya as Ahmad Kutty (AKutty)
Innocent as LIC Officer Soorya Narayana Iyer
Kalpana as Kamala Lakshmi(Kamalu)
Philomina as Rose Mary's Grandmother
Sankaradi as Aswathy's Father
N. L. Balakrishnan as Rose Mary's Uncle

References

^ "Kouthuka Varthakal". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ "Kouthuka Varthakal". .apunkachoice.com. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ "#BigInterview! Sidhique: I am the stone, who has traveled through the stream, constantly colliding with experiences, polished by life, and got smoother - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "Malayalam cinema and the multiverse of misogyny". 9 March 2022.
^ THULASIDAS 04 | Charithram Enniloode 1832 | Safari TV, retrieved 12 March 2023