Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare


Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language drama film produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio and written and directed by Reghunath Paleri in his directorial debut. Mohanlal's voice-over features throughout the film, but he appears only at the end of the story, the film features Asha Jayaram and Geethu Mohandas. Suresh Gopi and Mukesh makes cameo appearances.
The film explores the loneliness of a widow and the need of a father figure for her daughter. The film won six Kerala State Film Awards—Best Debut Director, Best Child Artist, Best Cinematography, Best Editor, Best Art Director, and Best Sound Recordist.

Plot

The film sheds light on the story of Aleena, a widow and her four-year-old daughter Deepamol. Aleena lives with her daughter treasuring the memories of her late husband in a big house. She repeatedly dismisses the notion of remarriage. She is a painter and works in the advertising industry. Deepamol is a bubbly little girl always playing around with the telephone making random calls. One such call turns their life forever when Deepamol gets in contact with her "Telephone uncle". Deepamol gets attached to Telephone uncle very fast. Though Aleena was on the fence and skeptical of the man's intentions, she eventually falls in love. Telephone uncle resists the coercions from the mother and never reveals his name or whereabouts. Finally, he comes to their place on the night of Deepamol's birthday raising Aleena's hope for a better life, only to put an end to it within a very short time.

Cast

Geethu Mohandas who was barely four years old made her acting debut as child artist with this film. In order to make her perform to the character, the film's director Paleri used to converse with her through telephone as Mohanlal's character to make her get familiarise with the character.

Soundtrack

Awards