Makaramanju (2011)
The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Sugandha Bhai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to scape.
Director: Lenin Rajendran
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Santosh Sivan as Ravi Varma |
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Karthika Nair as Suganda Baai / Urvashi |
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Lakshmi Sharma as Bhageerathi |
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Mallika Kapoor as Vasundhara |
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Jagathy Sreekumar as Govardhandas Makhanji |
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Saiju Kurup as Raja Raja Varma |
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Chithra Iyer as Rukku Baai |
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Nithya Menen as Model |
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Poorna as Model |
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Dinesh Panicker as Divan |
| Editing | Mahesh Narayanan | Editor |
| Directing | Lenin Rajendran | Director |
| Sound | Ramesh Narayan | Music |
| Camera | Madhu Ambat | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Lenin Rajendran | Writer |
| Production | Lenin Rajendran | Producer |