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Varavelpu is a film of genre Drama directed by Sathyan Anthikad with Mohanlal

Varavelpu (1989)

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Length 2h25
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating80% 4.039544.039544.039544.039544.03954

Varavelpu (English: Welcome) is a 1989 Malayalam black comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan, starring Mohanlal, Revathi, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent, and Jagadish. The film was produced by K. Rajagopal under the banner of K. R. G. Movie International and has been distributed by K. R. G. Enterprises.

The film depicted trade union problems plaguing Kerala in a satirical dark comedy and some stellar performances from the lead actors, this movie went onto become a commercial and critical success.

Synopsis

The movie is about a young Keralite who returns to his home state of Kerala after 7 long years of toil in the Gulf. He now plans to settle in his native town, with whatever savings he managed over the years. The movie traces his plight as he ventures to spend the rest of his life running a bus in a state where employee strikeouts are a common day-to-day event. How he finally has to return to the Gulf losing everything, for another coming (welcome) forms the crux of the movie.

Actors

Mohanlal

(Murali)Revathi

(Rama)Murali

(Prabhakaran)Innocent

(Chathukutty)Oduvil Unnikrishnan

(Narayanan)
And :
Thilakan
P. V. Jagadish Kumar
Mamukkoya
Janardhanan
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