Kalyanam

Kalyanam is a 2018 Malayalam romantic-comedy film written and directed by Rajesh Nair. It stars newcomers Shravan Mukesh, son of the Malayalam film actor, Mukesh and Varsha Bollamma in lead roles. The film was released on 23 February 2018. Plot Sarath, the only son of Prabhakaran is madly in love with his childhood friend Shari, the only daughter of their neighbor Sahadevan Nair. As they grow up it becomes difficult for Sarath to somehow convey his feelings to her, despite both of them meeting frequently. Moreover, Shari's dad wants to marry her off to a "Nair" boy according to their tradition. Sarath is always accompanied by his friend Saiju and his too young uncle Avesh. They spend most of the day at a garage owned by Sundaran. Sarath observes that Varkey, an aged worker in the garage is often visited by a drunkard man who keeps coming to the garage for the sake of scolding Varkey, who always gives a deaf ear to it. No one knows the reason or relation between them. Later, Shari's parents arrange a bridegroom for her which saddens Sarath which leads to comical situations. It ends up with the three of them being caught by the police, though released later. Varkey is again scolded by the drunken man, and Sarath asks him why he is scolded. Varkey reveals that the drunken man was the one who liked Varkey's daughter a lot, and wanted to marry her. But Varkey objected, due to the guy being from a different religion. He also marries the girl off to a suitable family. But the girl got killed few days later, thus saddening both Varkey and the man. Hearing the story and also witnessing Shari accompanying her would-be home, Sarath is disheartened and attempts suicide by standing on a railway track. But he is stopped by his parents, and he discloses about his love to them for the first time. Prabhakaran says that they would have arranged for it had he told about it earlier. Now that it is too late, Sarath is advised by his father to forget everything. While at Shari's home on the day before the marriage, he unintentionally goes to Shari's room, where he sees objects from their childhood which she preserved. Upon meeting her, she confesses to him that she liked him a lot since childhood, but didn't talk about it as he apparently showed no interest. Now that both of them had confessed their liking for each other, Shari says its too late for both of them. She says it was Sarath's father who disapproved their marriage.