Vesham
| Vesham | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | V. M. Vinu |
| Written by | T. A. Razzaq |
| Produced by | Swargachithra Appachan |
| Starring | |
| Music by | S.A. Rajkumar |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Vesham is a 2004 Malayalam-language film directed by V. M. Vinu, produced by Swargachithra Appachan in which Mammootty is in the lead role. Innocent and Gopika played other important roles.[1][2][3]
Cast
[edit]- Mammootty as Appukuttan Menon
- Innocent as Pappan Menon
- Sai Kumar as Sivan
- Indrajith as Hariprasad Menon
- Mohini as Ashwathi, Appu's wife
- Gopika as Revathy, Hari's wife
- Cochin Haneefa as Adv. Chithrabhanu
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Ganapathi
- Sindhu Menon as Veni
- T. P. Madhavan
- Riyaz Khan as Deepak
- Augustine as Poulose
- Ajay Jayaprakash as child actor
- Varsha as Appu's elder daughter
- V.M. Vinu as Man at the airport
- Keerthana Anil as Appu's younger daughter
Soundtrack
[edit]The music for the film was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Except for "Kelkkathoru Sangeetham", the film features songs reused from Rajkumar's previous compositions: "Oho Minnale" is based on "Aha Jumtaka" from the Kannada film Chandra Chakori and "Veshangal" is based on "Saamanthi Poovukkum" from the unreleased Tamil film Putham Puthu Poove.[4]
All lyrics are written by Kaithapram.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kelkkathoru Sangeetham" | Karthik, Sujatha Mohan | |
| 2. | "Oho Minnale" | K. S. Chithra | |
| 3. | "Veshangal" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 4. | "Veshangal" | K. S. Chithra |
Release
[edit]The film received mixed response upon release.[5][1][2][3][6] Sify wrote, "The story of Vesham is as old as hills and the narration is old fashioned and predictable".[4]
Awards
[edit]The film won three Asianet Film Awards in 2004.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Box office hits signal revival of film industry in Kerala". The Hindu. 4 December 2004.
- ^ a b "Man of the year". The Hindu. 1 January 2005.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Audience apathy to young stars continues!". Sify. 21 March 2005. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b Moviebuzz. "Review: Vesham". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005.
- ^ "Five prominent films of T A Razzaq". Malayala Manorama. 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Mammootty-Man Of The Year". Sify. 31 December 2005. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018.
External links
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