Vellithira (transl. Silver Screen) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Bhadran.[1] It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Navya Nair. The story is about a young man who is working hard to raise his sister. The music was composed by debutant Alphons Joseph. The songs were charbusters at that time, particularly the song "Pachamanga Pachamanga".[2]
| Vellithira | |
|---|---|
 Soundtrack cover | |
| Directed by | Bhadran |
| Written by | Bhadran |
| Produced by | Latha Mohan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Alphons Joseph |
Production company | Shlok Films |
| Distributed by | Shlok Release |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
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A teenage girl named Thatha is living with her blacksmith brother Vakkathi Vasu and his wife and children. Style Raj is a guy who moves from place to place with a movie projector and shows movie to public on the run for a living. He meets Thatha and falls in love. Vasu discovers that Raj is actually the murderer of the landlord who killed his father. In the end Raj is sent to jail.
Cast
edit- Prithviraj Sukumaran as Style Raj / Raghuram
- Navya Nair as Thatha
- Kalabhavan Mani as Vakkathi Vasu
- Sudheesh as Mohammad
- Vinayakan as Padavan
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Erumathadam Jose
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Peppatty Nair
- Cochin Haneefa as Panchayath President
- Ashokan as Gopu
- Kavya Madhavan as Pankajam ,Raghuram's sister
- Kalpana as Pushpam
- Indrans as Iyamkutty ,tea shop owner
- Machan Varghese as Nooli Thommy
- Salim Kumar as Surendran Vaduvanchery
- Innocent as Ittiyavira
- Bindu Panicker as Bhavani ,Vasu's wife
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Raj's mother
Soundtrack
editThe film's soundtrack contains 13 songs, all composed by Alphons Joseph. Lyrics were by Shibu Chakravarthy, Kaithapram. Film marked the debut of Alphons as a film composer. The audio launch for this film's soundtrack was done by A. R. Rahman.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hridayasakhee" | Hariharan |
| 2 | "Hridayasakhee" (D) | Hariharan, K. S. Chitra |
| 3 | "Kanmaniye" | M. G. Sreekumar |
| 4 | "Karinkallil Kadanjedutha" | Sujatha Mohan, Vidhu Prathap, Chorus |
| 5 | "Kudamullakkadavil" | Sujatha Mohan |
| 6 | "Pacha Maanga" | Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chitra |
| 7 | "Madhuramoru Swapname Nee" | M. G. Sreekumar |
| 8 | "Nee Enthuparanjalum" | Sujatha Mohan |
| 9 | "Nee Manimukilaadakal" | P. Jayachandran, K. S. Chitra |
| 10 | "Oru Vaakku" | G. Venugopal, Prameela |
| 11 | "Ottuvacha" | Biju Narayanan, Anwar Sadath, Bindu |
| 12 | "Prakrithee Nanohari" (Bonus Track) | M. G. Radhakrishnan |
| 13 | "Velichathin Vellithooval" | Alphonse Joseph |
Awards
edit- Kaveri Film Critics Award - Best Singer - Sujatha Mohan (also for Kasthooriman)[3]
References
edit- ^ "Vellithira". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022.
- ^ Anand, Shilpa Nair (4 December 2015). "His blue room of music". The Hindu.
- ^ "Film critics' awards announced". The Hindu. February 2004.
External links
edit- Vellithira at IMDb
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