Aa Raathri
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| Directed by | Joshiy |
| Produced by | Joy Thomas |
| Written by | Kaloor Dennis |
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Mammootty Poornima Jayaram M. G. Soman Lalu Alex |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
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| Distributed by | Jubilee Productions |
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| Language | Malayalam |
Aa Raathri is a 1983 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed Joshiy, starring Mammootty, Poornima Jayaram, M. G. Soman and Lalu Alex. This was the director's first collaboration with Mammootty. Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, who composed for the third time for Mammootty. The film had the story shades of Bollywood movie Ghar (1978) starred by Vinod Mehra and Rekha.
Aa Raathri is an emotional family film of love and sacrifice. Destiny of a happy family has been changing in a night. Mamooty and Poornima Jayaram are the protagonists.
Ravi and Indu are happily married and they have a daughter Minimol. Ravi is working in a bank and Indu is a housewife. Indu was bought up in an orphanage at Ernakulam. Ravi had fallen for her and they got married. They are now settled in Trivandrum.
Abu is illegally 'employed' as a 'false witness' in court. People will hire him for providing false witness during court judgements.
Venu and his two friends(portrayed by Lalu Alex and Cochin Haneefa) stay in a house. Venu is descent guy but the other two will always go behind girls for their desires.
There was an invite for Ravi and Indu to attend the feast of Mother (who was the matron of orphanage in which Indu was bought up), and they plan to go.
During proceeding of one of the cases, he tells that he had seen the alleged person committing a murder, and he should be given the maximum punishment. The alleged person pleads to the court, that he has not committed it. However court orders the alleged to be hanged. The wife and daughter of the alleged commits suicide by jumping in front of the train. After watching their corpses, Abu regrets to his mother (portrayed by Philomina) and takes the decision to lead a good life by doing a descent job. He then starts the job of fish seller in the market.
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