Vesham
| Vesham | |
|---|---|
| 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
- 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
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
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
The film won three Asianet Film Awards in 2004.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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