Pakshe
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| Directed by | Mohan |
| Produced by | Kairali Films |
| Written by | Cheriyan Kalpakavadi |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Shobhana |
| Music by | K. Jayakumar (Lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Saroj Padi |
| Edited by | G. Murali |
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Production
company |
Kairali Film Ltd.
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| Distributed by | Kairali Films |
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Release date
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1994 |
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Running time
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154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pakshe (Malayalam: പക്ഷേ; English: But) is a 1994 Malayalam romantic drama film written by Cheriyan Kalpakavadi and directed by Mohan. It stars Mohanlal and Shobhana in the lead roles. Though a usually repeated story in Malayalam films, the director is successful in saying the story in the most heart-touchable way. The film was critically acclaimed and was a box-office success.Mohan is a critically acclaimed director in Malayalam film and has directed many classic movies such as Isabella, Edavela, Angane Oru Avadhikkalathu etc.
Pakshe circles around the tragic and sacrificial life of Balachandra Menon (Mohanlal), an IAS officer. Balan was brought up in a poor family whose properties were sold out by his father (Karamana) to fund legal cases. Balan was in love with Nandini (Shobhana). She was an aspirant writer and belonged to a rich family. However, their relationship was accepted by both their families and their marriage was fixed. Unniyettan (Venu Nagavally) was a teacher of Balan who motivated him to become a civil servant. With prayers from Nandini, Balan successfully passed the written exam of IAS.
On a very unfortunate day, Balan's father committed suicide following his failure in the years long case, for which he had sold out all his family properties and had created huge debts. Balan had to repay these debts created by his father.
Balan, who had passed the written exam, also passed the interview successfully. Private money lenders abused and harassed Balan for not repaying their loans and Balan happened to fight with them. Following the incidents, Nandini's family withdrew from the marriage with Balan and she was house arrested. When the money lenders were about to legally acquire his house, there came a helping hand, Vikraman Contractor (Thilakan) who offered Balan the money but only if he was willing to marry his daughter. Balan went to Nandini and she insisted that he marry that girl and rescue his family. In a terrific scene of departure, they decided to split up calling it a "sacrifice that they only can do" for their families.
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