Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram
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Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara
, starring Indrajith
, Mamta Mohandas
and Dhanya Mary Varghese
in the lead roles.
), is a famous writer and award winner. Prone to seeing future events that turn out to be real, one day Anoop sees his own death in a trance. He decides to write one final novel before death comes visiting. Anoop has a wife Meena(Sarayu
), who never understands the writer in him. At the same time, Anoop is in love with dancer Gatha (Mamta Mohandas
), with whom he shares a live-in relationship. Anoop always tells Gatha about his lost love Sathyabhama (Dhanya Mary Varghese
), who was his lover in college. Excited about hearing Sathyabhama aka Bhama, Gatha wants to locate Bhama and goes to Anoop's tharavadu (ancestoral house) with him. From there they goes to Bhama's native Vattakkulam to find Bhama. That place incidently was the native of Gatha's parents also. They returned, unsuccessful in finding Bhama. Gatha went to Kolkata
for her dance performances while Anoop returned to Kerala. Three months later, Gatha got a call from Anoop. Gatha was shocked to hear that actuallly there was no girl as Bhama but was only an imaginary character created by Anoop for his final novel. Anoop was actually developing Bhama's story through Gatha. Anoop finally told Gatha that he sent the novel to Gatha and Gatha has the right to give it a title and publish and added that he is about to reach the end of his life, which he realised some time back. In the final scene, we see Anoop heading to some remote destination in the snow-clad mountains, to embrace his death, which bestows him.
. The lyrics are written by O. N. V. Kurup
, Vinod Mankara
and K. Satchidanandan. The film has seven songs. The singers in the film are K. J. Yesudas
, G. Venugopal
, Madhu Balakrishnan
, K. S. Chithra
, Sujatha Mohan
, M. Jayachandran
and Janardhannan Puthuserry.
The music director M. Jayachandran
makes an appearance in the film as himself, performing the song "Nee illa enkil".
M. Jayachandran won the of 2010 for this film.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)
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| 1 || "Hridayathin" || K. J. Yesudas
|-
| 2 || "Chithrasalabhame" || Madhu Balakrishnan
, K. S. Chithra
|-
| 3 || "Pachila" || Sujatha Mohan
|-
| 4 || "Nee illa enkil" || M. Jayachandran
|-
| 5 || "Hridayathin" || K. S. Chithra
|-
| 6 || "Thanthane Thane" || Janardhannan Puthuserry
|-
| 7 || "Pachilachartham" || G. Venugopal
|}
Vinod Mankara
Vinod Mankara is a writer and film maker, and Senior Programme Producer at Asianet Television. He began his career as a freelance journalist for print media and has worked in Delhi and other major cities in India. His career in electronic media began at Surya TV, where he served as Programme...
, starring Indrajith
Indrajith
Indrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
, Mamta Mohandas
Mamta Mohandas
Mamta Mohandas is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, besides few Telugu and Tamil productions and one Kannada film...
and Dhanya Mary Varghese
Dhanya Mary Varghese
Dhanya Mary Varghese is an Indian actress known for her performances in Malayalam cinema. She is also a model, dancer and a live performer.- Biography :...
in the lead roles.
Plot
Anoop Chandran (IndrajithIndrajith
Indrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
), is a famous writer and award winner. Prone to seeing future events that turn out to be real, one day Anoop sees his own death in a trance. He decides to write one final novel before death comes visiting. Anoop has a wife Meena(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...
), who never understands the writer in him. At the same time, Anoop is in love with dancer Gatha (Mamta Mohandas
Mamta Mohandas
Mamta Mohandas is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, besides few Telugu and Tamil productions and one Kannada film...
), with whom he shares a live-in relationship. Anoop always tells Gatha about his lost love Sathyabhama (Dhanya Mary Varghese
Dhanya Mary Varghese
Dhanya Mary Varghese is an Indian actress known for her performances in Malayalam cinema. She is also a model, dancer and a live performer.- Biography :...
), who was his lover in college. Excited about hearing Sathyabhama aka Bhama, Gatha wants to locate Bhama and goes to Anoop's tharavadu (ancestoral house) with him. From there they goes to Bhama's native Vattakkulam to find Bhama. That place incidently was the native of Gatha's parents also. They returned, unsuccessful in finding Bhama. Gatha went to Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
for her dance performances while Anoop returned to Kerala. Three months later, Gatha got a call from Anoop. Gatha was shocked to hear that actuallly there was no girl as Bhama but was only an imaginary character created by Anoop for his final novel. Anoop was actually developing Bhama's story through Gatha. Anoop finally told Gatha that he sent the novel to Gatha and Gatha has the right to give it a title and publish and added that he is about to reach the end of his life, which he realised some time back. In the final scene, we see Anoop heading to some remote destination in the snow-clad mountains, to embrace his death, which bestows him.
Cast
- IndrajithIndrajithIndrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
as Anoop Chandran - Mamta MohandasMamta MohandasMamta Mohandas is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, besides few Telugu and Tamil productions and one Kannada film...
as Gadha - Dhanya Mary VargheseDhanya Mary VargheseDhanya Mary Varghese is an Indian actress known for her performances in Malayalam cinema. She is also a model, dancer and a live performer.- Biography :...
as Sathyabhama - Lakshmi Sharma as "Devi" (Goddess)
- SarayuSarayu (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 Meera, Anoop Chandran's wife - T. P. Madhavan as Kunjettan
- JagadishJagadishP. V. Jagadish Kumar , popularly known as Jagadish, is a Malayalam film actor and script writer. He became popular through performances in films such as Mukhachitram, In Harihar Nagar, Godfather, Welcome to Kodaikanal, Thiruthalvaadi, Mantrikacheppu, and Hitler...
as Doctor - Geetha VijayanGeetha VijayanGeetha Vijayan is an Indian actress. Geetha made her debut in the Malayalam comedy In Harihar Nagar which turned out to be a blockbuster. She has since acted in more than 75 Malayalam movies and in some Tamil films and Hindi films. She is also a television actress...
as Anoop's mother - M. JayachandranM. JayachandranM. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...
as himself - Kochu Preman as the man near the temple
- Valsala Menon as Anoop's grandmother
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Sreedhara Pisharadi
- Narayanankutty as the postman
- Ambika Mohan
- Kalabhavan Haneef
- Nisha Sarang
Accolades
- Vinod Mankara won the 2010 Kerala Film Critics Award for the'Best Debutant Director'.
- M Jayachandran won the 2010 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music DirectorKerala State Film Award for Best Music DirectorThe Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director winners:-Trivia:* In 1994, G. Devarajan returned all the awards won by him in protest against the jury who selected Berny-Ignatious for that year's award. According to Devarajan, none of the songs composed by the duo for Thenmavin Kombath were...
. - M Jayachandran won the 2010 Kerala Film Critics Award for the 'Best Music Director'.
Soundtrack
The music of Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is given by M. JayachandranM. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...
. The lyrics are written by O. N. V. Kurup
O. N. V. Kurup
Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup , popularly known as O. N. V. Kurup or simply O. N. V., is a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won Jnanpith Award,the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He is considered one of the finest living lyrical poets in India. O. N....
, Vinod Mankara
Vinod Mankara
Vinod Mankara is a writer and film maker, and Senior Programme Producer at Asianet Television. He began his career as a freelance journalist for print media and has worked in Delhi and other major cities in India. His career in electronic media began at Surya TV, where he served as Programme...
and K. Satchidanandan. The film has seven songs. The singers in the film are 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,...
, G. Venugopal
G. Venugopal
G. Venugopal is an Indian playback singer, active mainly in Malayalam films. He also has Tamil and Telugu songs to his credit. Venugopal started his career in the film Odarathammava Aalariyam and has sung in more than 280 films and over 250 albums since then.G. Venugopal is a graduate of Kerala...
, 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...
, K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...
, Sujatha Mohan
Sujatha Mohan
Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
, M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...
and Janardhannan Puthuserry.
The music director M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...
makes an appearance in the film as himself, performing the song "Nee illa enkil".
M. Jayachandran won the of 2010 for this film.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1 || "Hridayathin" || 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,...
|-
| 2 || "Chithrasalabhame" || 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...
, K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...
|-
| 3 || "Pachila" || Sujatha Mohan
Sujatha Mohan
Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
|-
| 4 || "Nee illa enkil" || M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...
|-
| 5 || "Hridayathin" || K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...
|-
| 6 || "Thanthane Thane" || Janardhannan Puthuserry
|-
| 7 || "Pachilachartham" || G. Venugopal
G. Venugopal
G. Venugopal is an Indian playback singer, active mainly in Malayalam films. He also has Tamil and Telugu songs to his credit. Venugopal started his career in the film Odarathammava Aalariyam and has sung in more than 280 films and over 250 albums since then.G. Venugopal is a graduate of Kerala...
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