Meghamalhar is a 2002 Malayalam-language musical

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 romance film

Romance film

Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...

 directed and scripted by Kamal. It stars Biju Menon

Biju Menon

Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...

 and Samyuktha Varma

Samyuktha Varma

Samyuktha Varma , born November 26, 1982 is an award winning actress in Malayalam Movie Industry. She entered filmdom through the Malayalam movie Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. Then she acted in several Malayalam feature films and bagged some awards...

 in the lead roles. Poornima Mohan, Ranjini

Ranjini (actress)

Ranjini was a popular South Indian actress in the mid 1980s. She debuted in Tamil cinema and acted in all South Indian languages, doing some memorable characters in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. She acted opposite top actors like Mohanlal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi etc.-Personal life:Ranjini was born...

, Sreenath

Sreenath

Sreenath was a popular Malayalam film and television actor. He acted in many hit films, including Shalini Ente Koottukari, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, and Kireedam....

, Shivaji, Siddique

Siddique (actor)

Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...

 and Raghavan form the supporting cast. It is jointly produced by M. V. Shreyams Kumar, Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam language newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. Mathrubhumi was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British.-History:...

and Asianet

Asianet

Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

. The film is usually regarded as one of the most poetic love stories in the 2000s.

Plot

The film tells the story of Rajeevan, an advocate and Nandita Menon, a writer. Rajeevan is married to Rekha, a bank employee, and has two kids. Nandita is married to Mukundan (Siddique), a businessman in the Gulf, and has a daughter. Both meet each other accidentally and in due course become intimate. Their tastes and thinking are almost alike. And in due course Nandita understands that Rajeevan is her long lost childmate and that makes the relationship mean much more for her. Rajeevan finds it much difficult to understand the nature of their relationship. But they continue with their sweet relationship.

Cast

• Biju Menon
  Biju Menon
  Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...
  
   as Rajeevan
• Samyuktha Varma
  Samyuktha Varma
  Samyuktha Varma , born November 26, 1982 is an award winning actress in Malayalam Movie Industry. She entered filmdom through the Malayalam movie Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. Then she acted in several Malayalam feature films and bagged some awards...
  
   as Nandita
• Poornima Mohan as Rekha
• Ranjini as Seemanthini, Nandita's friend
• Sreenath
  Sreenath
  Sreenath was a popular Malayalam film and television actor. He acted in many hit films, including Shalini Ente Koottukari, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, and Kireedam....
  
   as Advocate Bhoominathan, Rajeevan's friend
• Shivaji as Rajeevan’s elder brother
• Siddique
  Siddique (actor)
  Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...
  
   as Mukundan
• Raghavan

Major awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• Second Best Film
  Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film
  The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film winners:- Third Best Film :The Kerala State Film Award for Third Best Film winners:-References:**...
  
   - Meghamalhar
• Best Screenplay - Kamal

Kerala Film Critics' Awards

• Best Film - Meghamalhar
• Best Screenplay - Kamal

Asianet Film Awards

Asianet Film Awards

The Asianet Film Awards is the most prominent award ceremony for Malayalam films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. The awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam...

• Best Film - Meghamalhar
• Best Director - Kamal
• Best Actress - Samyuktha Varma
• Best Star Pair - Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma
• Best Cinematographer - Venugopal
• Best Editing - Beena Paul

Others

• Ramu Kariyat Award for Best Director - Kamal

External links

• Mehgamalhar at the Malayalam Movie Database