Meenathil Thalikettu

Meenathil Thalikettu
Directed by	Rajan Sankaradi
Screenplay by	A.K.Sajan and A.K.Sandhosh
Story by	Lal Jose
Produced by	Prem Prakash Sajan Varghese
Starring	Dileep Sulekha Thilakan Jagathy Sreekumar
Cinematography	Sanjeev Shankar
Edited by	Venugopal
Music by	Ouseppachen
Release date	date7-1-1998
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Meenathil Thalikettu (English: Wedding in March) is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Rajan Sankaradi, written by A.K. Sajan and A. K. Santhosh. It is based on a story by Lal Jose. The lead roles are played by Dileep, Thilakan, Sulekha, Zeenath, and Jagathy Sreekumar. Oduvil Unnikrishnan makes a cameo appearance. The film is about a 23-year-old, Omanakkuttan (Dileep), who is still in high school student and then gets married due to certain circumstances. The music is composed by Ouseppachan.

Plot

Omanakkuttan (Dileep) is twenty-three years old and is still in his high school, a fact which angers his father, Govindan (Thilakan). His life takes a turn when he goes for his friend Sudi's (Krishna Prasad) sister's marriage. Due to certain circumstances, he has to marry her (Malu) (Sulekha). This flares up the anger of his father, however he allows them to stay in his home. Malu becomes pregnant and both Omanakkuttan and Malu are thrown out of the house since Omanakkuttan doesn't agree to an abortion according to his father's wish.

Cast

• Dileep as Omanakkuttan a.k.a Omana, Muthappa
• Sulekha as Malathi a.k.a Malu
• Thilakan as Govindan Nambeesan
• Jagathi Sreekumar as Kaimal
• Zeenath as Sharada
• Baby Ambili as Ammini - Omanakkuttan's sister
• Janardanan as Kunjiraman
• Kalabhavan Mani as Ochuuttee
• Krishna Prasad as Sudhi
• Adoor Bhawani as Kaimal's grandmother
• Yadu Krishnan as Omanakkuttan's friend
• Jose Prakash as Company manager
• Vijay Menon as Rozario
• Thesni Khan as Nancy
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Doctor
• Sukumari as Durga
• Sankaradi as Durga's husband
• Santhakumari as Malathi's mother
• Elias Babu as Bridegroom's father
• Meena Ganesh as Janu
• Omana Ouseph
• Nandu Poduval as flower seller

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 8 songs, all composed by Ouseppachan and Lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aaromale"	K. J. Yesudas
2	"Dooreyoru Thaaram"	K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra
3	"Dooreyoru Thaaram (F)"	K. S. Chitra
4	"Kaanaakkoottin"	M. G. Sreekumar, Reju Joseph
5	"Maarivillin"	M. G. Sreekumar
6	"Maarivillinmel"	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
7	"Oru Poovine"	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
8	"Oru Poovine"	Sujatha Mohan, Chorus

External links

• Ee Meenathil Thalikettu at IMDb
• https://archive.is/20130218013408/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6326/meenathil-thalikettu.html