Manathe Vellitheru

1994 Indian film

Vineeth
Shobana
Mukesh
Sreenivasan
Lalu Alex
Sanup Kumar
Lakshmi

CinematographyAnandakuttanEdited byT.R.ShekharMusic byJohnson

Release date

11 November 1994 (1994-11-11)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Manathe Vellitheru is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Fazil, starring Vineeth, Shobana, Mukesh, Lakshmi, Sanup Kumar and Sreenivasan. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Murattu Kaadhal.^[1]

Plot

Merlin, a successful pop singer, gets stalked by an eccentric fan - Ramesh; whose strange obsession he himself cannot explain. Officer Babu Mohan unravels the mystery once he finds out how her songs awaken memories from Ramesh's traumatic childhood...

Cast

Vineeth as Ramesh
Shobana as Merlin Fernandez
Mukesh as Commissioner Babu Mohan
Sreenivasan as CI Appukkuttan
Lalu Alex as Thomas Jacob
Lakshmi as Yasodhamma, Ramesh's mother
Sanup Kumar
N. F. Varghese as Abdulla
Anjali Nair
V. K. Sreeraman as Ramesh's father
Jose Pellisseri as Merlin's Make Up Man

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Johnson, with lyrics by Shibu Chakravarthy.^[2]


Song	Singers
Anthimaanachoppu	Chandrasekhar, K S Chithra
Ethaanarangennu	Yesudas, K S Chithra
Maanathe Vellitheril	Yesudas, K S Chithra
Manassin Madiyile	Vani Jairam
Manassin Madiyile [Duet]	K S Chithra, Vani Jairam
Moovanthi	Mano, Malgudi Subha

Reception

The movie was well received by the audience and critics praised the performance of Vineeth as the stalker of Merlin (played by Shobhana).^[3]

References

^ "Anjali Nair-Ajith Raju Wedding : Malayalam Actor Marries Assistant Director".
^ "Maanathe Vellitheru [1994] | മാനത്തെ വെള്ളിത്തേര്‌ [1994]". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "'Almost became a Chartered Accountant': Vineeth speaks on acting journey and more". 4 September 2021.