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Meleparambil Aanveedu (1993)

Meleparambil Aanveedu poster
Original title
മേലേപ്പറമ്പിൽ ആണ്‍വീട്
Directed by
Rajasenan
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 26m
Rated
U
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bachelor lives in a house full of men, and his family tries to find him a bride. The situation becomes complicated when a woman enters their lives.

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What happens

Meleparambil Anveedu (transl. Men’s House of Meleparambu) is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rajasenan and scripted by Raghunath Paleri from a story by Gireesh Puthenchery. It stars Jayaram and Shobana, with Narendra Prasad, Meena Joseph, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardanan, Vijayaraghavan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, and Vinu Chakravarthy in supporting roles. The film was produced and distributed by Mani C. Kappan. This film is considered one of the best comedy movies in Malayalam cinema and has a cult status. It was remade in Tamil twice, as Valli Vara Pora (1995) and Naiyaandi (2013). Kappan remade the film in Assamese as Borolar Ghor (2012). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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