Machante Maalakha

The movie starts with Sajeevan, a simple and friendly guy, who is a KSRTC conductor who is close to his sister and brother in law and his nieces. The story is about how he clashes with a passenger Bijimol. Over the course of their interactions, Sajeevan begins to develop an affection for Bijimol and visits her family to ask for her hand in marriage. Bijimol's mother Kunjumol is an overbearing and loudmouthed lady who is a control freak and likes to hold sway over all elements around her including her husband Gopi. The marriage alliance is accepted under the condition that Sajeevan would live at Kunjumol's house.

Overtime, Bijimol who also has control issues like her mother, along with the prodding of the mother, begin to create issues in Sajeevan's life. In a twist of fate, Sajeevan befalls a critical accident and needs a kidney transplant. While his sister prepares to offer him her kidney, Bijimol beats them to the draw and offers her kidney, against her mother's wishes but it is revealed, that the idea is more out of her desire to have further power over Sajeevan rather than her love to her husband.

In a series of misunderstandings, Bijimol assumes that Sajeevan is drinking alcohol during his recovery, thus feeling cheated that he has no value for her sacrifice and this leads to a confrontation which results in her slapping Sajeevan's friend Ramesan, and eventually getting slapped by Sajeevan when she insults Sajeevan's brother in law Dasan.

Eventually things are taken further by Kunjumol as she instigates a police case over the assault and demands that Sajeevan return the kidney donated to him or offer compensation in lieu of the same. Advocate Jijo, an opportunistic advocate is their chosen legal representation. In court through a series of exaggerated and fake claims and irrelevant arguments, the case is taken forward till one day, Bijimol falls unconscious in court which results in the finding that she is pregnant.

Kunjumol eventually tries to push matters further by trying to push the child's parentage onto Jijo who at this point also feels guilty and together they confront Kunjumol and Bijimol agreeing to all her terms but in return wishes to view his child and try to explain the poison being spread by Kunjumol. In a series of events involving the sale of a buffalo at the same time and it's attack during the arguments and chaos, Kunjumol is fatally pushed into a well and we cut to the future. Bijimol and Sajeevan have reconciled and have a daughter who is also indicated to being aggressive as the movie concludes.

• Soubin Shahir as Sajeevan, KSRTC Conductor
• Shanthi Krishna as Kunjumol, Bijimol's mother
• Namitha Pramod as Bijimol, Medical Shop Sales Girl,Sajeevan's Wife
• Dileesh Pothan as Dasan, Sajeevan's elder brother
• Manoj K. U. as Gopi, Bijimol's father
• Vineeth Thattil as Ramesan, Dasan's friend
• Dhyan Sreenivasan as Adv Jijo
• Sheelu Abraham Adv Lakshmi
• Lal Jose as Court Judge Menon
• Arya Rohit as Rameshan wife
• Sruthy Jayan as Dasan wife

The film is written by Ajeesh P. Thomas, known for his work on Vikruthi. Abraham Mathew and Sheelu Abraham served as joint producers under the banner Abaam Movies.{{Cite web|date=25 December 2023|title=സൗബിനും നമിതയും പ്രധാന വേഷത്തിലെത്തുന്ന 'മച്ചാൻ്റെ മാലാഖ' വരുന്നു|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/soubin-namitha-in-machante-malakha-title-announcement-1.9185148|website=Mathrubhumi}} The shooting of the film began on 13 July 2023.{{Cite web|date=13 July 2023|title=Director Boban Samuel Starts Shooting For His Next Starring Soubin Shahir And Namitha Pramod|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/director-boban-samuel-starts-shooting-for-his-next-starring-soubin-shahir-and-namitha-pramod-8327533.html|website=News18|access-date=8 June 2024|archive-date=6 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906142430/https://www.news18.com/amp/movies/director-boban-samuel-starts-shooting-for-his-next-starring-soubin-shahir-and-namitha-pramod-8327533.html|url-status=live}}

The songs and background score are composed by Ouseppachan, in his first collaboration with Soubin Shahir and Boban Samuel.

{{Reflist}}

• {{IMDb title|28364526}}

Category:2020s Malayalam-language films