Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan

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Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan
Directed by
Written by
  • A. K. Sajan
  • A. K .Santhosh
Screenplay by
  • A. K. Sajan
  • A. K. Santhosh
Starring
CinematographyVipin Mohan
Edited byP. C. Mohanan
Music by Raveendran
Production
company
Rajsagar Films
Distributed byRajsagar Films
Release date
17 January 1997 (1997-01-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by P. Anil and Babu Narayanan. The film stars Mukesh, Kanaka, Jagathy Sreekumar and Innocent in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Raveendran. [1] [2]

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Plot

Aarcha is the young matriarch of Mannadiar family. She hates men and her 3 brothers are her body guards. She has made them divorce their wives for personal whim's. Because of pampered life she considered everyone whom she hates as lesser beings than her. In such a depraved egoistic life she played with Sethuraman's during her college. Through an unexpected turn of events Sethuraman gets into her family as their family lawyer and attempts to change the power dynamics and marry Aarcha, because he once loved her open-heartedly.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Raveendran and the lyrics were written by P. K. Gopi.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Ankam Jayiche"Mano P. K. Gopi
2"Nercha Kunkuma" G. Venugopal, Chorus, Krishnachandran P. K. Gopi
3"Poli Poliye" (Perumathudi Kotti Varunne) Pradip Somasundaran P. K. Gopi

Reception

A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "Yet another shrew to be tamed, yet another slapstick comedy. That sums up Anil Babus film". [3]

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References

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  2. "Mannaadiyaar Penninu Chenkotta Chekkan". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. "Reviews". Deccan Herald . 18 April 1999. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.