Valentine's Day Special: Malayalam Cinema's Unconventional Love Stories

Love stories are always loved by the movie audiences all over the world; irrespective of the language and industry barriers. Undoubtedly, romance is the most explored genre in movies.

Still, it has a huge demand among the audiences, and will continue to rule the cinema industry forever. Some unique love stories and the characters in them grab special attention and always remain evergreen.

Here we present the most unconventional love stories ever made in Malayalam Cinema:

Thoovanathumbikal

The movie, directed by Padmarajan is one of the best ever love stories in Malayalam. It dealt with the unique relationship between Jayakrishnan, a young man from an aristocratic family and Clara, a prostitute.

Chamaram

The movie, directed by Bharathan, portrayed the romantic relationship between a college lecturer and her student. Prathap Pothen and Serina Wahab played the lead roles in the movie.

Njan Gandharvan

The movie, directed by P Padmarajan, with Nitish Baradwaj and Suparna Anand in the lead roles, illustrated the love story of a human girl and the celestial singer (Gandharva).

Namukku Parkkan Munthirithoppukal

The movie, directed by Padmarajan, portrayed the love story of Solomon, a young planter (played by Mohanlal) and Sophia, a middle-class girl (Shari) who gets raped by her stepfather.

Meghamalhar

The Kamal-directed by movie portrayed the story of 2 childhood friends, who fails to express their love for each other and meet years after. Interestingly, Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma, tied the knot after the movie.

Pranayam

The Blessy directed movie illustrated the love triangle between a divorced old couple Achutha Menon and Grace, and Grace's second husband Mathews. The movie described the beauty of unconditional love.

Premam

The Alphonse Puthren directed movie celebrated mostly for the beautiful love track between George, a student and his teacher, Malar. Undoubtedly the most beautiful love story in the recent past.

Bangalore Days

Even though it was not an out-and-out love story, the Anjali Menon movie also narrated the beautiful love story of Arjun, a biker and Sarah, a partially paralyzed radio jockey.

Arike

The movie dealt with how Shantanu and Anuradha, the lead characters found true love, after a heartbreak. The story about a man who finds his soulmate in ex-lover's best friend was definitely something new.