Maniyarayile Ashokan (2020) on Netflix
Ashokan is an ordinary young man past the age for marriage in his village, and his proposals keep failing. Anju rejects him as not fair-skinned or tall enough.
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Plot summary
Ashokan is an ordinary young man in a fictional village. He is past the age at which men there marry, and his marriage proposals keep ending in misfortune. The villagers and his relatives ask him about it, and his cousin Ajayan teases him. His loving parents, Achuthan and Lakshmi, and his friends Ratheesh and Shaiju stand by him. Narayanan brings a proposal for his daughter Anju. Anju rejects the proposal because Ashokan is not fair-skinned or tall enough.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Maniyarayile Ashokan (2020)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Anupama Parameswaran came back to Malayalam cinema after a five-year gap since Premam (2015), and on Maniyarayile Ashokan she took a second job behind the camera, serving as an assistant director alongside one of the lead roles.
- The film's name came from comedian-turned-director Ramesh Pisharody, who suggested the title Maniyarayile Ashokan rather than it being chosen by the film's own makers.
