Kottayam Kunjachan

Kottayam Kunjachan
Malayalam	കോട്ടയം കുഞ്ഞച്ചൻ‌
Directed by	T. S. Suresh Babu
Produced by	M. Mani
Written by	Dennis Joseph (screenplay) Muttathu Varkey (story)
Starring	Mammootty Ranjini Innocent K.P.A.C. Lalitha Sukumaran Prathapachandran Babu Antony
Music by	Shyam
Cinematography	Anandakuttan
Edited by	G. Venkataraman
Production company	Sunitha Productions
Distributed by	Aroma
Release date	15 March 1990
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kottayam Kunjachan is a 1990 Malayalam film directed by T. S. Suresh Babu, starring Mammootty in the title role. The film ran for 110 days in theaters.

Mikhael (Innocent) is a family man and good Christian who lives in the mostly tranquil village of Odaangara, with his wife Aleyamma (KPAC Lalitha). They have two daughters, Mollykutty (Ranjini) and Susie and a son, Kuttappan. They have been involved in a long-standing dispute with their neighbour, Kanjirappalli Paappan (Prathapachandran), who wants to buy their land so that his bungalow would have a better front view and a road for his car. Paappan's ruthless son, Jimmy (Babu Antony) is all for ejecting them by force, while Paappan is wary of what Aleyamma's siblings, the Uppukandam Brothers, who are infamous thugs, might do in retaliation. When negotiations fail, Paappan resorts to underhanded tactics and scuttles Mollykutty's marriage proposal to Kuzhiyil Joy (Ravi Vallathol) and beats up Mikhael who questions it. Aleyaamma get her brothers involved, and Paappan and his son are beaten and humiliated by the Uppukandam brothers, led by Korah (Sukumaran) the eldest. Later, Joy visits Mollykutty and expresses his interest in her.

Meanwhile, 'Kottayam' Kunjachan (Mammotty), an erstwhile thug, has just been released from jail. He has served a sentence of 7 years, for killing a man in a fight gone bad. He makes a dramatic entrance to Kottayam town and goes to collect his promised compensation. After an altercation with his previous employers, he is arrested and later bailed out by his guardian, a Christian priest (Jose Prakash) who found him as an infant in a garbage heap, and raised him as his own. Following his father's advice, he leaves Kottayam and its bad influences for Odaangara. He starts a technical institute, accompanied by Bosco (Baiju), his assistant. He generally endears himself to the village populace. It is there that he meets Mikhael and his wife, and gets in their good books by rescuing Mollykutty from a kidnap attempt by Jimmy and gang. Aleyamma convinces Mikhael to rent out their outhouse to Kunjachan, as a deterrent from further attacks by Paappan or Jimmy. Mikhael then convinces Kunjachan to go to confession, and start living as a good Christian.