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Movie:Nadodi

Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1992



Cast:Mohanlal,Mohini,Suresh Gopi,Babu Antony,Jagathy Sreekumar,N N Pillai & SIlk Smitha

Direction: Thampy Kannanthanam
Produced by: Thampy Kannanthanam
Script: T A Razzaq
Music:SP Venkatesh


Synopsis

Sachidanandan comes to the hill station searching for Andrew to make his revenge. But he meets Sophy there. He meets Menon and Sivan. And finally he meets Jackson. Menon is a millionaire there and sophy is the maid who looks after his grand daughter. Sivan is his nephew who draws a plot to get all the money from Menon. He takes the help of Jackson to complete his plan. But Jackson had other plans.


Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLBL0WZAAr0"]Jumba Jumba... From the movie Nadodi[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdcabxx5ikY"]Nadodi [ 1 ][/ame]

References

Naadody (1992 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nadodi (1992) - IMDb

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Movie:Pattanapravesham

Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 1988



Cast:Mohanlal,Sreenivasan,Ambika,Oduvil Unnikrishnan,Thilakan,Karamana Janardhanan,Innocent,Mammukoya,Mala Aravindan,N L Balakrishnan,Azeez,Philomina,Paravoor Bharathan & Prathapachandran

Direction: Sathyan Anthikkad
Produced by: Siyad Koker
Script: Sreenivasan
Music:
Shyam


Synopsis

Six months after the events of the prequel, C.I.D. Ramdas (Mohanlal) and C.I.D. Vijayan (Sreenivasan) are called to Kerala to investigate the murder of a police officer. The two incompetent and clueless men find themselves facing off against a dangerous crime syndicate dealing drug trafficking. In addition, Anandan Nambiar (Thilakan), the criminal they put behind bars , escapes and heads to Kerala.


Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsO8nBrv5hg"]Pattanapravesham full movie - Mohanlal, Sreenivasan - 1[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfNELSkUnOI"]Malayalam Comedy I - Pattanapravesham[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfVDJvPM1Cg"]Malayalam Comedy II - Pattanapravesham[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF4FZfNiv6I"]Malayalam Comedy VI - Pattanapravesham[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2J6w3hS-jg"]Malayalam Comedy scene 'pattana pravesham'(mallulive.com).wmv[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_3NZam_D-E"]pattana pravesham[/ame]

References

Pattanapravesham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pattana Pravesham (198 - IMDb

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Movie:Season

Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1989



Cast:Mohanlal,Jagathy Sreekumar,Gavin Packard,Maniyanpillai Raju,Ashokan,Shari,Azeez,Thilakan & Oduvil Unnikrishnan

Direction: Padmarajan
Script: Padmarajan
Music:Illayaraja

Synopsis

The film starts with the protagonist Jeevan, portrayed by Mohanlal getting arrested and cops take him to the Central Prison, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram. It is the year 1987. The narration starts with Mohanlal's voice "My name is Jeevan. I feel so depressed to know that I can't see this snow filled morning and the street lamps for years; but little would benefit in regretting now".
This is a Malayalam film which follows a non-linear narration. Story starts when Jeevan is getting arrested for hitting a sub inspector. Gradually it's presenting the reason why he did that, to the audience. Jeevan was in jail for five years for a crime he never committed but by a European tourist named 'Fabien' (Gavin Packard). Jeevan was suspected for three murders and the court failed to prove two murders and Jeevan got framed for one because there was situational evidence. Jeevan is sentenced for seven years but his punishment has been shortened to five years because of his good behaviour at the prison.
The story now moves back to 1982, at Kovalam where Jeevan is running a restaurant. He also is involved in sale and purchase of several smuggled foreign goods along with transfer of foreign currency. Popularly and fondly called by everyone as 'Uncle', Jeevan is one of the richest businessman in Kovalam, and has no bad vices. He is a real mystery to all, as he also keeps everyone away from his personal life. Porinju (Ashokan)and Kanthi (Maniyan Pilla Raju), two jobless youths are involved in small time drug business to meet the both ends. Both have their own families and personal issues and dreams of being rich one day. They, one day meets Fabien, an European tourist, who wants them to get three kilos of brown sugar for huge price. Both Porinju and Kanthi are allured into this deal. Jeevan supports them by lending 1.5 lakhs, on the condition that they will give up drug business after this. Both Porinju and Kanthi leaves to Goa and comes back a week later at night with the stuff. They directly goes to the restaurant run by Jeevan and informs him about it. Jeevan warns them to be careful. Both the chaps informs Fabien about the stuff and asks him to reach below the lighthouse at night. But at night, Fabien plays foul and shoots down Porinju. Meantime Merlin (Leena Nair), the girl friend of Fabien breaks into the house of Jeevan and steals around four lakhs rupees along with gold. On getting the information Jeevan comes to the house, but find it completely ransacked. Kanthi, who got escaped from Fabien reaches Jeevan and informs him about the death of Porinju. He takes Jeevan to the hut where Fabien was staying with Merlin. But Fabien had within the time escaped with the currency and drugs. He had jilted even Merlin. She was assaulted and left back. Jeevan finds her with both hands and legs tied. She informs him that Fabien is on way and they wont be able to chase him. She also informs that he is a psychopath killer. Kanthi takes the car of Jeevan and leaves to chase Fabien, but is killed on way by him. The next day, police recovers the body of both Porinju and Kanthi. Jeevan is shocked to find that Merlin has also committed suicide by taking sleeping pills. Jeevan is main suspect as Kanthi's body was found in his car and merlin was found dead in his house. He is arrested and sentenced to jail. But prosecution couldn't nail for murders of Porinju and Kanthi as there were no proofs. He gets 5 year jail term for the death of Merlin. It was just weeks before his release that Fabien enters his jail. Jeevan agrees to help Fabien in escaping from jail, if he pays Rs 5 lakhs. After the release, Jeevan plans everything and is back in jail for a petty crime. His sole aim is to finish of Fabien. The film then jump cuts to the present. On the day of Gandhijayanthi, when, all the cops are busy with the celebrations. Jeevan escapes from jail with Fabien. On way, he collects Rs. 5 lakhs from an agent and pays it to Jeevan. After collecting the amount, Jeevan in a fiery fight finishes of Fabien. Jeevan goes back to central jail when his voice over comes in background with the visual of him driving the van and images of passing street lights in the plain glass of the van "I am getting sad to know that I am going to miss these street lights again.I had great comfort when she (one of his friend's lovers) accepted the money (that Jeevan took from Fabien) and the happy thing for me is that this time is that they won't have any situational evidences against me; but only evidence, the real evidence. Its on my shirt, on my face, on my hands...and everywhere ". He smiles triumphantly and reaches back at the prison. When the cops ask about Fabien, Jeevan walks with a winning smile and opens the door of the van where the cops find Fabien's corpse.


Box Office

The film, though was a failure at the box office, stands apart because of Padmarajan's story-telling style, realistic portrayal of drug trade in Kovalam and flawless performance of Mohanlal and is considered now as a cult classic.Many feel that this movie was much ahead of time and if it would had released in late nineties, would had broken several collection records.


Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0-MsdT0ZHc"]SEASON - 1 MOHANLAL PADMARAJAN[/ame]

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_(film)

Season (1989) - IMDb

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@inkal daa ullathokke postikkoo....

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Movie: Balan

Genre: Family Drama
Release Date: Jan 10, 1938




Cast/Crew

Direction: S Nottani
Produced by: T R Sundaram
Script: Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
Music: K K Aroor, Ibrahim
Cinematography: Bado Gushwalker

K. K. Aroor (K. Kunjunair) as Balan
M. K. Kamalam as Sarasa
Master Madanagopal as young Balan
M. V. Shanku as Dr. Govindan Nair

Specialty: First Talkie In Malayalam

Synopsis

The film centers on a pair of sibling orphans, Balan and his younger sister, who are abused and exploited by a villainous stepmother who also connives to take over the family estate of her weak-willed husband. The two children are ultimately rescued from her evil clutches by a pure-hearted lawyer. When new trials arise, Balan bravely sacrifices his life so that his sister may live a little easier.

The film was a stereotype of the themes of early Indian cinema, particularly South Indian cinema

Plot Detail

Balan (Master Madanagopal) and Sarasa (Baby Malathi), are children of Dr. Govindan Nair (M. V. Shanku) by his first wife. Meenakshi (K. N. Lakshmi), the second wife, tortures Balan and Sarasa. She even hatches a plot to kill them and take over the entire wealth of Nair. Meenakshi is severely punished by Nair when he comes to know of her motives. Nair dies of heart attack. Meenakshi marries a wicked city wastrel Kittu Panicker (K. Gopinath). Balan and Sarasa flee from home as a result.

Barrister Prabhakara Menon (C. O. N. Nambiar) gives refuge to Balan and Sarasa and brings them up as his own children. In the will executed by Nair before his death, all his wealth is assigned to Meenakshi on condition that she take care of his children.
When Meenakshi and Kittu Panicker come to know about the stipulations in the will, they trace out the children. Kittu Panicker kidnaps the children from Prabhakara Menon’s home. Shanku (Alleppey Vincent) comes to know about the plans of Meenakshi and Kittu Panciker and rescues the children. He uses them in street shows. Balan and Sarasa escape from Shanku. Sarasa is taken away by a labour contractor while Balan is asleep. She is forced to work in an estate. Sarasa (M. K. Kamalam) grows up here. Balan (K. K. Aroor) also reaches the same estate as a labourer. This estate is owned by Barrister Prabhakara Menon.

Prabhakara Menon identifies Balan and Sarasa. Balan traces out the will executed by his father and Prabhakara Menon files suit against Meenakshi. She is tried by the court of law and punished. A furious Meenakshi shoots Prabhakara Menon, but the bullet from the pistol takes the life of Balan who jumps in between to save Menon. Menon marries Sarasa. They name their son, Balan. The film ends with Menon, and Sarasa paying homage at the tomb of Balan.

There were 24 songs in the film. Most of them followed popular Hindi and Tamil film tunes of the time. Gramophone records of the songs were not produced. The most popular song was a solo by M. K. Kamalam ‘Jaathaka doshathale...’ It was a direct copy of the solo by M. K. Radha from the Tamil film ‘Sathi Leelavathi’ (1936). ‘Theyila thottathle...,’ the Tamil song based on Chenjurutti raga became so popular that it was later sung by Carnatic musicians in concerts.

Significance in the History of Malayalam Cinema

The first Malayalam cinema was produced and directed by J C Daniel. His film Vigathakumaran was released in 1928, but failed economically. The economic failure of Vigathakumaran discouraged him from producing further films.

The ill luck of Malayalam cinema continued. The second film Marthandavarma based on a novel of the same name by C V Raman Pillai, was produced by Sunderraj in 1933. But due to a legal confrontation regarding the rights of the film, the producer had to withdraw the film from cinema halls after few exhibitions. Had it not been for the legal embargo, the film would have had a great impact on the cinema of South India. By Marthandavarma the history of silent Malayalam cinema too came to an end.

Indian cinema had already entered the talkie age even before Marthandavarma was released. Balan, the first Malayalam cinema with a sound track was released in 1938. Produced by Tamilian, T R Sunderam at the Modern Theatres, Balan was directed by Notani.

Box Office/Critical Acclaim

First sucessful malayalam film. Followed by the success of Balan, Jnambika was released in 1940. After Prahlada (1941).

Even though this film could be considered irrelevant in artistic sense, its economic success created a base to the Malayalam film industry.

‘Balan’ was a huge hit. The splendid sets, camera by the German cinematographer Bado Gushwalker, sound recording by Ishwar Singh and editing by Varghese were good. All the artists who performed in the film were new to this medium. The acting was not natural, and resembled more of a stage play.

Compared to Tamil sound film, ‘Kalidas’ the Malayalam film is regarded much better by film critics. ‘Balan’ had an original script and dialogues in Malayalam, whereas in ‘Kalidas’, the artists spoke in their own mother tongue deviating from the original script and dialogues. The different characters spoke in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi!


Where to watch

Not even a single frame from the footage of this film is available now.
What is left of this film are a few stills from the film and the songs book.

Artefacts

A still from the movie:



Original song book:

Available here: http://malayalasangeetham.info/php/d...hp?movie=Balan

A sample:



References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balan_(film)
Malayalam Movie (MMdb) Songs (MSI) Database
The Hindu : Metro Plus Kochi / Miscellany : Balan 1938

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Movie:Deshadanakili Karayrilla

Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1986



Cast:Mohanlal,Urvashi,Karthika,Shari & Jalaja

Direction: Padmarajan
Script: Padmarajan
Music:Raveendran

Synopsis

The film is about the inexplicable love between two girls, Sally and the meek and tradition-bound Nirmala. The two girls run away during a school trip in order to punish their teacher Devika who organised the trip. Their journey is soon interrupted by a man, Harisankar, who mysteriously befriends the girls and begins a romantic relationship with Nirmala. Sally strongly objects to this relationship and warns her friend against the suspicious nature of the man. Nirmala, who was almost convinced to leave everything behind to be with the man she loves, gets a shock when she finds out that the man was actually in love with the teacher whom she despised and ran away from. Unable to find a way out of the misery that befalls them, Sally and Nirmala cling on to each other and commit suicide.

Stills




Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBb0q7jh9ag"]Poo veno poo - Deshadana kili karayarilla![/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbA6gxkIBmY"]Vaanambaadi - Deshadanakkili Karayarilla (1986) KJYesudas[/ame]

References

Desatanakkili Karayarilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Desatanakkili Karayarilla (1986) - IMDb

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Meenathil Thalikettu [1998]

Crew
Direction: Rajan Sankaradi
Production: Sajan Varghese, Prem Prakash (Monarch Films)
Story: Lal Jose
Screenplay: AK Sajan, AK Santhosh
Cinematography: Sanjeev Shankar
Music: Ouseppachan
Lyrics: Gireesh Puthencherry

Cast: Dileep, Thilakan, Jagathy, Janardhanan, Kalabhavan Mani, Yadukrishnan, Krishnaprasad, Sulekha, Zeenath, Adoor Bhavani, Meena Ganesh

Synopsis: Omanakuttan (Dileep), a 22 yr old high school student who is known as Muthappa in his school, is a lazy person who just wants to enjoy his life and do nothing else. His shrewd father (Thilakan) wants his son to graduate and get a job and good life and always appears rough towards Omanakkuttan to discipline him and believes that using stick is the best way to correct his son. Omanakkuttan is good at convincing his teacher Kaimal Mash(Jagathy) to get his needs from his father due to their close friendship. Through Kaimal Mash, he gets permission to attend a wedding of his friend Sudhi's(Krishnaprasad) sister. However, wedding doesnt happen due to disputes over dowry and Sudhi's uncle(Janardhanan) forces Omanakkuttan to marry the bride (Sulekha) to escape from shame. Changes in Omanakkuttan's life after marriage is narrated in a humorous and dramatic way in this film and it ends happily with the transition of Omanakkuttan.

Box Office: Film was a flop, due to poor publicity and because of the fact that Dileep did not have a star value as he does now. However, it is a cult comedy and Omanakuttan is seen as one of the best roles played by Dileep and is liked by many for its natural humor and chemistry among Dileep, Thilakan and Jagathy.

VIDEOS
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuplNp4-Mo4[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ugCNvt3cQ&feature=related[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkrqRPKyPc[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeqNRWAGUQ[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-qBXFq9BM&feature=related[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn6G9pxKPQk&feature=related[/ame]

References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenathil_Thalikettu

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Movie:Thaazhvaram

Genre: Drama/Thriller
Release Date: 1990



Cast:Mohanlal,Salim Ghouse,Shankaradi & Sumalatha

Direction: Bharathan
Produced by: V B K Menon
Script: M T Vasudevan Nair
Music:Johnson & Bharathan

Synopsis

The film begins with the arrival of Balan (Mohanlal) to a nameless village in search of his friend Raju (Salim Ghouse). Balan reaches a house, where he is welcomed whole heartily by both Nanu (Sankaradi) the house owner and Kochutty (Sumalatha), his daughter. They informs him that a guy is staying along with them, but his name is Raghavan, not Raju. Balan, within seconds realizes that Raghavan is none other than Raju. Making them believing that Raghavan is an old friend of his, Balan decides to wait for Raghavan to come back in evening. On evening, when returning back, Raghavan smells danger of an enemy.
The film cuts to flash back, where Raju alias Raghavan is shown as a friend of Balan once. He, in greed for money, one day killed Balan's wife and ran away with Balan's hard earned money. Balan is now back in search of Raju to avenge for the death of his wife. Raghavan, attacks the father-daughter due and takes their money and attempts to escape from the village. Balan chases Raghavan and kills him after a violent fight.

Box Office

Upon release, this film garnered highly positive reviews and was a big hit both critically and commercially. The camera work of Venu is considered as the highlight of the film. Thazhvaram had just a handful of characters and the plot was so well developed that it was a visual treat for the views. The fighting in the climax amidst violent vultures is considered as one of the best climax scenes in Malayalam cinema.
Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khDIi9g2IF4"]Thazhvaram - 1 Mohanlal, MTVasudevan Nair & Bharathan [/ame]

References

Thazhvaram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thazhvaram (1990) - IMDb

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Movie:Naran

Genre: Action
Release Date: 2005







Cast:Mohanlal,Bhavana,Devayani,Madhu,Siddique,Mani yanpillai Raju,bheeman Reghu,Innocent,Bindu Panicker,Salim Kumar,Sona Nair & Sai Kumar

Direction: Joshiy
Produced by: Antony perumbavoor
Script: Ranjan pramod
Music:Depak Dev

Synopsis

Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating on a reef during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-good and a feudal landlord of the area.

Velayudhan grows up into a riff-Raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician 'member' Kurup (Jagathy). Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique) son-in-law of Valliya Nambiar who wants to lord over the village in his own way.

When Velayudhan plants a stick like lord Murugan's Vel, it means that it has his stamp of authority. The only man who he listens to is Valiya Nambiar and to a certain extent Kelappan (Innocent) who looked after him as a child. The villagers including Kurup and Gopinathan regularly bring goondas from outside the village to eliminate Velayudhan but they fail. There are three women in his life- a prostitute Kunnil Shanta( Sona Nair) old flame Janaki( Devayani) and Kelappan's daughter Leela (Bhavana). But things turn bleak for Velayudhan due to the machinations of Gopinathan which leads to the climax.


Box Office

Naran was a Super Hit at the Box Office

Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIS4ypVUvE"]Naran - MalluPride.com[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38nBfMbTyoM"]Velmuruga Naran by www.malluterminal.net[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ZeUm8yzVE"]Naran-1-Mohanlal- Malayalam[/ame]

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naran_(film)

Naran (2005) - IMDb


Naran after 3 weeks of releases in TVM

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Movie:Aavanazhi

Genre: Action/Thriller
Release Date: 1986








Cast:Mammootty,Geetha,Seema,Shankaradi,Captain Raju,Sukumaran,Innocent,Janardhanan,Azeez,Nalini,K unchan,Augustine,Prathapachandran,Sreenivasan & Shanthakumari

Direction: I V Sasi
Produced by: Sajan
Script: T Damodaran
Music:Shyam

Synopsis

Balaram is a 'hot-shot' but honest policeman who is charged with investigating the murder of Chackochan and prime suspect Sathyaraj. He meets a prostitute named Seetha, falls in love with her and fights against enemies Jayachandran and Vincent.

Here is some scenes from the screenplay:





Box Office

The film was a hit
Songs/Video clips

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-AZzQyBD5I"]Aavanazhi[/ame]

References

Aavanazhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aavanazhi (1986) - IMDb