Rappakal
Rappakal is a 2005 released Malayalam film directed by Kamal. Mammootty, Nayantara, and Sharada appears in lead roles. The film was commercial success.[1]
Rappakal | |
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Directed by | Kamal |
Produced by | Houli Pottoor |
Written by | T. A. Razzaq |
Starring | Mammootty Nayanthara Sharada Ajay jayaprakash(child actor) |
Music by | Mohan Sithara |
Cinematography | P.Sukumar |
Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
Distributed by | Swargachithra |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Plot
This is a heartfelt story of a male help/valet and his motherly affection to the elderly women, whom he looks after. It explores the Keralite soul of the family and the seamier aspects of it and finishes it with an evocation of the need to keep intrinsic humane values, in any period of change. Mammootty plays the role of the help who is also a vigilant caretaker of the Tharavad Veedu and is referred as the "Tree of Goodness" which protects the sanctity of the household. Sharada plays the role of the affectionate mother and Nayanthara as the house help.
Cast
- Mammootty - Krishnan
- Nayantara - Gauri
- Sharada - Saraswathiyamma
- Balachandra Menon - Deva Narayanan
- Geethu Mohandas - Malavika Varma
- Vijayaraghavan - Janardana Varma
- Janardhanan - Sankaran Kuttiyar
- Salim Kumar - Govindan
- Suresh Krishna - Sudhi
- Kalasala Babu - Shekharan
- P. Sreekumar - Balagopal
- Thara Kalyan - Urmila
- Unnikrishnan Namboothiri - Valiya Varma
- Balachandran Chullikadu - Mahendra Varma
- Subbalakshmi - Valiya Varma's Wife
- Kozhikode Sarada - Janu Amma
- Narayanankutty - Karavakaran
- Baburaj - Manikantan
- Lishoy
- Shobha Mohan -Janardhana Varma's wife
- Seema G. Nair - Gauri's sister
- Dinesh Prabhakar- Rajappan
- Ottapalam Pappan as Palkkaran
- Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Boy with Aanaval
- Resmi Boban
- Manka Mahesh
- Lavanya
- Poornima Anand as Renu
- Ajay jayaprakash as young Krishnan
Soundtrack
All lyrics are written by Kaithapram Damodaran; all music is composed by Mohan Sithara.
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kadha Kadha" | Vijay Yesudas, Anwar Sadath | |
2. | "Pokathe Kariyilakkattee" (Shivaranjani) | Afsal | |
3. | "Thankamanassu" (Neelambari (raga)) | P. Jayachandran | |
4. | "Thankamanassu" (Neelambari (raga)) | Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | |
5. | "Yadu Hrudayam" | K. S. Chithra, Madhu Balakrishnan |
References
- "Boom year for mollywood". The Hindu. 30 December 2005.