Mutharamkunnu P.O.

In order to wed a retired wrestler's daughter, a post-master must wrestle Dara Singh. A post-master named Dilip Kumar re-locates to work in Mutharamkunnu. Once there, he sets about to meet the local residents and finds out that they are obsessed with wrestling. He meets with a proud and retired wrestler, Kuttan Pillai, and subsequently gets smitten by his daughter, Amminikutty. When he finds out that she an ardent fan of Mammooty, he lets it known that he is the latter's close friend. He intercepts her fan-mail, and even corresponds with her. Eventually she finds out and so does the rest of the town including her enraged father. Dilip attempts to flee but is prevented and must agree to wrestle in order to win her hand. Not proficient with any form of wrestling - especially with a mountain of a man, Dara Singh, - will Dilip succeed in his quest? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Dilip Kumar (Mukesh) is a deputed as postmaster to a remote village, Mutharamkunnu. There he falls in love with Ammu (Lissy) who he woos by posing as a friend of Malayalam superstar Mammootty. Wooing her is only part of the game, since he must next deal with his wily rival Dev Anand (Sreenivasan) and Ammu's father (Venu) who is obsessed with wrestling, and insists on Dilip fighting one of his star wrestlers as a qualifier to marrying his daughter. Enjoyable and well-paced, with its share of hilarious moments, this is one of Sreenivasan's early works. —Joyojeet Pal