Pulival Kalyanam


Pulival Kalyanam is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Shafi and written by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas. The film stars Jayasurya and Kavya Madhavan, with Lal, Lalu Alex, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, Harisree Ashokan, and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles. The plot follows two star-crossed lovers, Harikrishnan and Ganga, hailing from a poor and wealthy family, respectively, the problems caused in their relationship has also an effect in people around them. The music was composed by Berny-Ignatius. The film was remade in Kannada as Chellata.

Plot

Harikrishnan is the adopted younger brother of Karunan. When Karunan loses his right hand in an accident, Hari at a young age takes responsibility of his family. Karunan's sister, Sreekutti is in love with the son of Paramanandam, who is unscrupulous and demands a huge dowry for the marriage to be made possible. To make this marriage possible Harikrishnan and Karunan take a loan from a financier and invest it in a fireworks business, only to lose it completely in a fire.
Simultaneously, Harikrishnan gets his phone muddled with Ganga on account of both the models being the same. Ganga's father Raghavendra Sett is the boss of Paramanandam. Hari and Ganga have loads of comical misunderstandings before falling in love and deciding to get married. Of course this is not acceptable to Raghavendra Sett, and he puts obstacles in their way.

Cast

The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Berny Ignatius and Lyrics by Kaithapram.

Box office

The film was a commercial success at the box office.