Janapriyan is a 2011 Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

 romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...

 directed by Boban Samuel

Boban Samuel

Boban Samuel is an Indian filmmaker. He is most known for his Super-Hit film called Janapriyan starring Jayasurya.-Career:Boban Samuel debuted as a director by directing the super-hit Jayasurya film Janapriyan....

, starring Jayasurya

Jayasurya

Jayasurya is an Indian film actor and comedian. He made his debut in 2001 in the Malayalam film Dosth and has since acted in about 50 films, notable ones being Swapnakkoodu , Pulival Kalyanam , Chathikkatha Chanthu , Classmates , Gulumaal , Happy Husbands and...

 and Bhama in the lead roles.The film was released on May 20th, 2011 with highly positive reviews from audiences.

Synopsis

Priyadarshan, a village simpleton, who is overjoyed on being temporarily appointed at the Taluk Office on a leave vacancy. The officer who has gone on leave is Vaishakhan (Manoj K Jayan), who is busy pursuing his dreams of turning a film director some day. Priyan merges into the city landscape in no time, and its busy inhabitants find his ways amusing. And for the first time in his life, he falls in love.
Priyadarsan talks a lot that too in a peculiar slang, is highly idealistic and falls in love with Meera (Bhama

Bhama

Bhama is an Indian film actress, who has mainly appeared in Malayalam films. She debuted in 2007 through Nivedyam directed by A. K. Lohithadas.-Career:...

), who lives next to his room in a lodge where he is staying in the city. He loves her as he thinks that Meera is the maid there, but actually she is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. There is a confusion drama happening with Vysakhan falling for Revathy (Sarayu), who is actually from a poor household.

Cast

• Jayasurya
  Jayasurya
  Jayasurya is an Indian film actor and comedian. He made his debut in 2001 in the Malayalam film Dosth and has since acted in about 50 films, notable ones being Swapnakkoodu , Pulival Kalyanam , Chathikkatha Chanthu , Classmates , Gulumaal , Happy Husbands and...
  
   as Priyadarshan
• Bhama
  Bhama
  Bhama is an Indian film actress, who has mainly appeared in Malayalam films. She debuted in 2007 through Nivedyam directed by A. K. Lohithadas.-Career:...
  
   as Meera
• Manoj K Jayan as Vaishakan
• Jagathy Sreekumar
  Jagathy Sreekumar
  Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films...
  
   as Achayan
• Bheeman Raghu
  Bheeman Raghu
  Bheeman Reghu is a Malayalam actor best known for his portrayal of villains in Indian cinema.In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has appeared in more than 400 films in Malayalam, and has recently started doing comedy roles...
  
   as Actor
• Salim Kumar
• Devan
  Devan (actor)
  Devan is an Indian film actor and politician. He started his film career as the producer of the technically brilliant, but box-office flop movie Vellam and then opted to become an actor. Devan is known for his handling of serious roles, though he started his career with supporting roles...
  
  
• Lalu Alex
  Lalu Alex
  - Early life :Lalu Alex was born in a Jacobite Christian family in Piravom near Muvattupuzha, Kerala.-Career:He started his career as a supporting actor in early 1980s. He has started his career in supporting as well as in villanoeus roles in I. V...
  
  
• Sarayu
  Sarayu (actress)
  Sarayu is an Indian film actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut in the movie Kappal Muthalaali, which was released in 2009. Even though the film was an average entertainer, she was noted for her performance in the film...
  
   as Revathy

Crew

• Direction - Boban Samuel
• Producer - Mammen John,Reena M John
• Storu,Screenplay,Dialogues - Krishna Poojapura
• Music - R.Gautham
• Cinematography - Pradeep Nair
• Editing - V. T. Sreejith
• Art direction - Manu Jagadh
• Lyrics - Santhosh Varma, Manju Vellayani
• Distribution - Kalasangham Release
• Designs - Jissen Paul
• Stills - Mahadevan Thampy

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was released on 12 May 2011. It had music scored by R.Gautham. Lyrics were provided by Santhosh Varma, Manju Vellayani .There was no special launch for the audio release and the music were given straight through the audio sellers

Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Lyrics
"Erivenal "	Sudeep Kumar,Jyothsna	4.35	Santhosh Varma, Manju Vellayani
"Nanmakalerum "	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	4.33	Santhosh Varma, Manju Vellayani
"Pookkaithe "	Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer, who sings in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.-Biography:Madhu Balakrishnan is from Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala in India. A Graded artist in All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed with all major playback singers in Kerala...	4.29	Santhosh Varma, Manju Vellayani

External links

• Janapriyan at Metromatinee.com