Minnaram (1994)

Director
Priyadarshan

Main cast
Mohanlal; Shobana; Thilakan; Venu Nagavalli; Jagathy Sreekumar

Genres
Romance

Description
Minnaram is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Mohanlal, Shobhana, Thilakan and Venu Nagavalli in lead roles. A man's dreams of a married life shatters when his ex-girlfriend shows up with a baby and claims that it's his child.


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