Butterflies is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Rajiv Anchal and written by A. K. Sajan. It was produced by Menaka and was the debut film of their production house Revathy Kalamandhir. The film stars Mohanlal, Aishwarya, Nassar, and Jagadish. The film was extensively shot in Bangalore. The songs were composed by Raveendran Master, while S. P. Venkatesh provided the background score.
The film was a box office hit and Mohanlal's role as Prince became popular in 1993
Prince is an amateur race car driver and the son of industrialist Bharathan Menon and Sreedevi Menon. He lives a happy-go-lucky life style spending time racing cars, entertaining his nephews in his farm house and hanging out with his friend Vettikkal Sadashivan. He is also involved in fights with the local goons in Bangalore, which lands him in trouble with local police. His brothers Jayan Menon IAS and Dr. Balan Menon, though openly criticize him, come to his aid to release him from the police station. His father disapproves his lifestyle and seeks a suitable alliance for him.
One day, Sadasivan introduces Prince to his relative Pavithran, who seeks help in kidnapping his girlfriend for them to elope. In a comedy of errors, Prince and Sadasivan sedate and kidnap another girl with the same name, Anju. On realizing the mistake the next morning, Prince drops the girl back at her hostel. The ladies' hostel matron does not allow Anju to continue her stay there after her disappearance. Anju returns to Prince's farm house for abode, it becomes difficult for Prince and Sadasivan to handle. Prince's entire family learn that Anju lives on the farm house and they desert Prince.
One morning, Sadasivan and Prince find an obituary in the newspaper with the photo of Anju. They trace the news reporter responsible for the obituary. The news reporter Das and his wife Maya reveal that Anju is the daughter of Colonel Devan Nambiar and that the dead girl was her twin sister, Manju. Two years ago in Ooty, Manju was raped by a few men taking her father as a hostage. After that, she killed herself in front of her father.
Later, Nambiar killed her daughter's rapists and he was sentenced to death by the court. Anju plans to kill herself at the same time her father is executed, but Prince prevents this. Prince gets a mercy petition for Nambiar and his death sentence is reduced to life imprisonment. Anju and Prince confess their love at the end.
Directed by Rajiv Anchal
Written by A. K. Sajan
Produced by Menaka
Starring Mohanlal
Nassar
Aishwarya
Jagadish
Cinematography J. Williams
Edited by N. Gopalakrishnan
Music by Raveendran
S. P. Venkatesh (Score)
Production
company
Revathy Kalamandhir
Distributed by Surya Cini Arts
Sudev Release
Release date 9 July 1993
Country India
Language Malayalam
Cast
Mohanlal as Prince
Jagadish as Vettikkal Sadashivan
Aishwarya as Anju Nambiar and Manju Nambiar
Nassar as Colonel Devan Nambiar
Prem Kumar as Dineshan, Member of Parliament
N. F. Varghese as Balan Menon
Ramu as Jayan Menon
Maniyanpilla Raju as Krishnan Eradi
Kalpana as Parukkutty
K. P. Ummer as Bharathan Menon
Sukumari as Sreedevi Menon
Nandhu as Pavithran
Rudra as Maya Das
K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Das
Mubarak as Pappu
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