Thoovanathumbikal Story Script & Direction : P.Padmarajan Music: Perumpavoor.G.Raveendranath Cast :Mohanlal, Sumalatha, Parvathi A movie directed by late P.Padmarajan, which is based on his own short story 'Udakappola'. Thoovanathumbikal revolves around Jayakrishnan who has two entirely different faces. Mohanlal plays the lead with Sumalatha, Parvathi and Ashokan in the support. A superb script and a good direction along with Mohanlal's great performance made this movie an unforgettable one. Perumbavoor G Raveendranath composed some excellent musical scores for this movie. Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha Direction : Hariharan Story Script : M.T. Vasudevan nair Lyrics : Kaithapram, K.Jayakumar Music : Bombay Ravi Cast : Mammooty, Sureshgopi, Capt.Raju, Balan K Nair, Madhavi, Geetha MT Vasudevan Nair, a living legend in Malayalam literature, depicts the story of the cult figures Aromalchekavar, Unniyarcha and Chanthu. But this time the whole story is told from Chanthu's (Chathian Chanthu's) point of view. The script was excellent. Mammooty's National award winning performance as Chanthu along with the great support of Captain Raju, Sureshgopi and Madhavi made this movie a real classic. Nombarathipoovu Story Script & Direction : P.Padmarajan Cast: Mammooty, Lalu Alex, Madhavi, Baby Sonia Padmarajan always had a liking to explore the untold and unexplained areas of human mind. And the results were the great scripts and movies, we got. Nombarathipoovu portrays a mentally retarded girl and a female's affection towards her. Baby Sonia and Madhavi were in the lead. Lalu alex played the role of a husband who was crucified by his wife for a tragic accident, which caused the death of their daughters. All three acted well and Baby Sonia was rewarded for it by the handful of awards she got. Mammooty, as Pappan doctor also did his part well. Amrutham Gamaya Direction : Hariharan Story & Script : M.T.Vasudevan nair Cast: Mohanlal, Thilakan, Geetha, Parvathi, Vineeth Doctor Balu (Mohanlal) works in a small village clinic, which is run by his sister's father-in-law(and his to be father-in-law).During his visit to a poor Brahmin's aged wife he realizes that their son was murdered in the Medical college hostel during a ragging session lead by him. That feeling haunts him and as a repentance he decides to take care of that poor family .And just for that reason he started loosing everything one by one. Mohanlal get full marks as that unlucky doctor. Thinkalazcha nalla Divasam Story Script & Direction : P.Padmarajan Cast: Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Mammooty, Karamana janardhanan nair This movie was an eye-opener to our society where relations and emotions gradually die out from the human hearts. Kaviyoor ponnamma, in her award winning performance, portrays an aged female who is almost in the verge of loosing her house and land .Mammooty and Karamana plays the role of her sons who feels they have no choice but to sell the Tharavaadu. Full marks to Padmarajan. Bharatham Direction: Sibi malayail Story & Script : A.K.Lohitadas Lyrics : Kaithapram Music: Raveendran Cast: Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Murali, Urvashi, Lakshmi. A well-defined story, good songs and great performance by the acting crew, if in the hands of a talented director will sure be a hit. Bharatham tells us the story of Kaloor Ramanadhan and Gopinathan who belongs to a family where music is the religion and tradition. Elder brother Ramanathan was forced to leave his thrown to his younger brother, once he is addicted to liquor. But his ego and tensions, in the end, demands him to take a pilgrimage trip. He is getting killed during that journey and to avoid a scene for their sister's marriage Gopinathan has to keep this news with himself. Mohanlal got the national award for the role of Gopinathan and Yesudas got the national award for the best male play back for the Song ' Ramakatha Ganalayam'. Sukrutham Direction : Harikumar Story & Script : MT Vasudevan nair Lyrics : Kaithapram Music: Bombay Ravi Cast: Mammooty, Manoj.K.Jayan, Narendraprasad, Gauthami, Shanthikrishna. Death is the ultimate truth.. Each and every cell in our body has a mind which decides whether the body it belongs to, should live or die.. M.T.Vasudevan Nair pointed out lots of facts which we haven't seen or which we never wanted to agree. And no wonder he was honored as the best story teller that year. Mammooty acts as Ravishankar a Journalist who has nothing to do , but just to wait for death. With the help of a doctor who does research in Yogas and medical science he recovers, to know the fact that he is an alien in his society. Bombay Ravi's musical scores are also to be mentioned. Thaniyavarthanam Direction : Sibimalayil Story&Script : A.K.Lohithadas Cast:Mammooty,Thilakan,Mukesh,AshaJayaram,Saritha In his career best role, Mammooty enacts Balan Mash, a middle class schoolteacher hailing from an old tharavadu. His uncle became a mental patient after the seperation of his love and this underlined the deep-routed belief among their family that one male from each generation will become mad. For no reason balan Mash was labelled as the culprit when every one knew that he wasn't. Thaniyavarthanam was Lohithadas's first movie as a script writer and he proved he is a person to be watched. Paithrukam Direction : Jayaraj Story&Script : Kaloor dennis Lyrics : Kaithapram Music:S.P.Venkatesh Cast:Sureshgopi,Jayaram,Narendraprasad,Geetha Conflicts between the generations were, once, a hot topic for malayalam movies. Paithrukam portrays the conflict between ideologies and believes. Story plot is a small Brahmin family where educated elder son was against the traditions and practices they were following. With the death of his brother, he declares a war with his father and the old beliefs in Brahmin societies. Even though paithrukam was not a commercial success , it was a movie you can't afford to miss. Vaishali Direction : Bharathan Story&Script : MT Vasudevan nair Lyrics : O.N.V.Kurup Music:Bombay Ravi Cast:Sanjay,Suparna,Nedumudi Venu,Babuantony,Geetha An untold story from Ramayana.Lomapada King ,a friend of Dasharadha Maharaj, is in a big dilemma.Due to a curse from a Hindu brahmin( which is considered as a grave mistake) the country is facing a heavy scarce.King tried whatever he could.In the end his Rajaguru comes up with the solution that a young brahmin, who doesn't know what a female is, should do a yaga to help the country.Vaishali was appointed for that task.The movie talks about the tragic story of her and her mother.Bharathan proved that he is one among the best directors in Indian cinema.MT's script and Bombay Ravi's music also contributed for this hit |
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