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Azhakiya Ravanan
Azhakiya Ravanan
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released	January 1996
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:35
Label	Satyam Audios
Producer	Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology

Azhakiya Ravanan
Azhakiya Ravanan
	Poster
Directed by	Kamal
Screenplay by	Sreenivasan
Story by	Sreenivasan
Produced by	V. P. Madhavan Nair
Starring	Mammootty; Bhanupriya ; Sreenivasan ; Innocent; Biju Menon; Rajan P. Dev; Cochin Haneefa
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Music by	Vidyasagar
Distributed by	Murali Films
Release date	9 February 1996;
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Azhakiya Ravanan (Handsome Ravanan) is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and written by Sreenivasan. The film has an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Bhanupriya, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Biju Menon, Rajan P. Dev, and Cochin Haneefa. Kavya Madhavan portrayed Anuradha's younger self. The movie was produced by V. P. Madhavan Nair under the banner of Murali Films, while the music was composed by Vidyasagar as his debut in Malayalam.^[1] The 2015 film Chirakodinja Kinavukal is a spin-off to this film.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

Shankar Das (Mammootty) is a billionaire who returns to his native village in Alappuzha. No one in the village is aware of his past. During his childhood, he was a servant of the local feudal lord, Chatothu Panickar Rajan P. Dev. He left the job after getting severely punished for kissing the lord's young daughter Anuradha (Bhanupriya). He fled to Mumbai and became a successful entrepreneur.

Now, he has returned to the village incognito. He is a very boastful man and revels in the praises showered on him by the sycophants. He reveals his identity to Ambujakshan (Sreenivasan), his childhood friend and currently who is a tailor and a novelist. He also confides in him his interest in Panicker's daughter, Anuradha, who was his childhood infatuation. Ambujakshan succeeds in convincing Shankar to produce a film by telling him that it would help him earn the respect of the villagers and win over Anuradha. Thus, the production of the film starts under the direction of Sharath who is the love interest of Anuradha.

Shankar renders unsolicited financial help to Panicker's family. He later realizes the affection between Anuradha and Sharath(Biju Menon), leading to a pause in the film's production. Later, Shankar proposes marriage to Anuradha which she declines. However, the family, indebted to him, coerces her to marry him. Anuradha, who is infuriated, decides that she will not present herself as a virgin before Shankar and makes love with Sharath. After the marriage, she learns from Shankar that Sharath has accepted money from him for not creating any trouble for their marriage. This causes another heartbreak for her and she confesses about her relationship with Sharath to Shankar. In the end, Shankar embraces Anuradha, and their marital relationship resumes.

Cast

Mammootty as Shankar Das / Kuttishankaran
Sreenivasan as Ambujakshan
Bhanupriya as Anuradha
- Kavya Madhavan as Young Anuradha
Biju Menon as Sarath
Cochin Haneefa as Varghese, Shankar Das's Assistant
Innocent as Karayogam President T.P.V Kuruppu
Rajan P. Dev as Chathothu Panicker
Valsala Menon as Omanakuttyamma
Santhakumari as Sarath's mother
Anju Aravind as Sandhya
Vineeth Kumar as Santhosh, Anuradha's Brother
Kunchan as Music Director Siddiq
Lal Jose as Assistant Director
Jagadish as himself
Madhupal as himself
Spadikam George as himself
Zainuddin as himself
Krishna Kumar
Beena Antony as herself
Vinodhini
Vichithra

Soundtrack

This movie marked Vidyasagar's entry into Malayalam films.^[5] He won Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for his songs.

All lyrics are written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri; all music is composed by Vidyasagar

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vennila Chandana"	K. J. Yesudas, Shabnam	5:14
2.	"Pranayamanithooval"	Sujatha Mohan	4:31
3.	"Sumangalee"	K. J. Yesudas	4:46
4.	"Pranayamanithooval"	K. J. Yesudas	4:30
5.	"O Dilruba"	K. S. Chithra, Hariharan	5:14
6.	"Vennila Chandana"	K. S. Chithra	5:14
Total length:			25:35