Mazhayethum Munpe

Mazhayethum Munpe is a 1995 Indian movie directed by Kamal and written by Sreenivasan. The movie stars Mammootty, Shobhana, Annie and Sreenivasan in the main roles. The movie starts with Rahman (Sreenivasan) going to Kolkata in search of Nandakumar Varma (Mammootty). He finally finds Nandakumar in a depressed state and brings him to kerala. Nandakumar is college professor and had a serious, no-nonsense attitude to the students and one of the gang headed by Shruthi played a lot of pranks upon him. Nandhakumar had to take care of the treatment of his paralyzed fiancée Uma Maheshwari.

Shruthi fell for Nandakumar and revealed her feelings for him. He laughed it off as a teenage infatuation. Nandakumar, who had developed a cordial relationship with the gang by then, took them for a trip to his picturesque village. His main intention was to make her meet Uma so that she would change her mind. Shruthi got shattered on witnessing the degree of warmth in the relationship between Uma and Nandkumar. After returning, she paid a discreet visit to his village to meet Uma. There she revealed her feelings for Nandakumar to Uma. She accused Uma of being selfish and possessive by forcing Nandakumar to sacrifice his life and pleasures for her sake. Uma got a mental shock from the vitriolic behaviour of Shruthi and that triggered a second stroke. She became paralyzed again and doctors gave up all hope. She forced him to marry Shruthi and he complied reluctantly.

Even after the marriage Nandakumar was not able to find any peace of mind. Their relationship was very cold. Later, Shruthi confessed to Nandakumar about her meeting with Uma. Enraged by this revelation he left his home. He wandered across places like a mad man. On coming back Nandakumar learns that Shruthi had committed suicide after giving birth to his child. Rahman takes him to Uma's home. There he finds Uma, whose condition improved, taking care of his child.

Mazhayethum Munpe was huge hit and ran more than 100 days in 5 major releasing centers. Family audiences lapped it up and movie attracted college students well. Songs were big hits. Movie collected more in Ernakulam, Saritha Complex.