Thiruppathi Chettiyar

Ramachandran (Mohanlal) got a job as an English lecturer in T. K. P. Memorial College, only to find that the college is full of drugs and politics, led by young Ranjith Mathews (Ganesh), son of an M.P. (Prathapachandran). Ramachandran has helped the students, including a geek who was beaten by Ranjith's gang.

Popular music director Sivaprasad takes Ravi under his wing and gives him his big break. But letting Ravi into his family circle has a devastating impact on Sivaprasad's life.

The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.

Verendran, a smuggler, kills Mohan, a coast guard officer, only to realise that Mohan's father Balu was a witness. When Verendran sets out to kill Balu, his grandson Anand comes to his rescue.

Advocate Rajashekaran's life turns upside-down when he receives a package of some old pictures of him getting intimate with a dancer. Worried about his reputation, he tries to find the blackmailer.

Nimmi falls in love with a married man. When the man and his wife meet an untimely death, Nimmi decides to look after their daughter, Binutty.

Aarambham is a 1982 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Joshiy and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film had musical score by unusually using four music directors, namely Shyam, A. T. Ummer, KJ Joy and Shankar Ganesh, each of whom directed one song each. Aarambham was released in Onam festival along with Padayottam. Aarambham was the top grosser Malayalam movie in 1982 surpassing Padayottam. Aaramabham was later remade in Hindi by Joshiy himself in 1984 called Dharm Aur Qanoon with an ensemble cast and in Tamil too Ezhuthatha Sattangal. The Tamil version was directed by veteran director K Shankar with Sivaji Ganesan in lead role. Both movies became huge hits in respective markets.