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Oru Maravathoor Kanavu is a film of genre Drama directed by Lal Jose with Mammootty
Oru Maravathoor Kanavu (1998)
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Add to a movie listOru Maravathoor Kanavu (Malayalam: ഒരു മറവത്തൂർ കനവ്) is a 1998 Malayalam comedy-drama musical film directed by Lal Jose and written by Sreenivasan. It stars Mammootty, Biju Menon, Mohini, Divya Unni, Sreenivasan, Kalabhavan Mani, Sukumari and Nedumudi Venu. The music was composed by Vidyasagar.
It was the directorial debut of Lal Jose, who had previously worked as an assistant director in many Malayalam films. Playback singer Devanand also debuted through this film. The film was well received upon release and was a box-office success. The films plot lines are vague adaptation of a box-office hit French film Jean de Florette, the center plot of the movie and many scenes are exactly transposed with a keralite reference. But film failed in plot-wise and left the audience with a sour aftertaste by not adapting the second part of the film Manon des Sources.
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Michael (Biju Menon), his wife Mary (Mohini) and their son buy a farmland in Maravathoor that was coveted by a rich man (Nedumudi Venu). In order to drive away all prospective buyers the rich man and his nephew Maruthu (Sreenivasan) try everything. When they realise that Michael has bought the farm, they block up a spring water source on the farm to make things hard for Michael and thus force him to sell the farm.Actors
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