Sound Thoma

Sound Thoma is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Vyshakh. It features Dileep playing a character with a cleft lip and defective voice while Saikumar, Mukesh, and Namitha Pramod portray supporting roles. The film, produced by Anoop, features background score and soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar and the lyrics were written by Rajeev Alunkal and Nadirsha. Cinematography handled by Shaji Kumar.

Sound Thoma
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byVyshakh
Produced byAnoop
Written byBenny P Nayarambalam
StarringDileep
Music byGopi Sundar Rajeev Alunkal(lyrics)
CinematographyShaji
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Production
company
Priyanjali Films
Distributed byKalasangham Films
Release date
  • 5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

The story starts with Plapparambil family. It tells the family life of Plapparambil Paulo who has three children named Mathai, Joykutty and Thoma. Mathai, the eldest son, is thrown out by his loanshark father as he converted into Islam to marry his lover. He is enough educated and was authorised to run their own jewellery, later held by Joykutty, the second son. Meanwhile, Paulo' next two sons are unmarried. His youngest son Thoma suffers from cleft lip, and thus has a defective voice, but he still loves to sing. Paulo and his family is hated by the locals of the Kuttanadu region. Thoma falls in love with Sreelakshmi, the daughter of Bhagavathar, who also is one among the creditor of Paulo. Bhagavathar and even Sreelakshmi hates the family thus she rejects the love of Thoma. Here arrives the antagonist, an S. I named Rakesh who has an old score with the rich moneylender Paulo as his father is ashamed in front of the local after he is arrested by the police on an embezzlement years ago. He vows to destroy the Plapparambil family. Thoma decides to overwrite the dislike of the locals towards his family by forcing Paulo to conduct a mass marriage of 5 orphaned girls so that both, the dislike by locals to the family can be removed and Joykutty will get better alliances from better family, thus Paulo would be able to fetch his target of 20 million.

Cast

Soundtrack
Sound Thoma
Soundtrack album by
Gopi Sundar
Released24 March 2013
Recorded2012 - 2013
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length27:58
LanguageMalayalam
LabelEastcoast Audios
ProducerGopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar chronology
Kammath & Kammath
(2013)		 Sound Thoma
(2013)		 ABCD
(2013)

The soundtrack was composed by Gopi Sundar, with lyrics by Murukan Kattakada, Nadirsha, Rajeev Alunkal.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kandal Njanoru" (Thoma style)NadirshaDileep03:47
2."Kanni Penne"Murukan KattakadaShankar Mahadevan, Rimi Tomy04:30
3."Oru Kaaryam"Rajeev AlunkalUdit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal06:02
4."Ambili Maame" (title song)Murukan KattakadaReshmi Satheesh , Chorus02:35
Total length:27:58

Reception

Critical Reception

With an aggregate review score of 3/5 at "Reviewbol.com", the film earned mixed reviews from critics while response from the audience was generally positive. The film ultimately went on to become a box-office success and ran for over a 100 days.[1]

Unni R. Nair of Kerala9.com rated the film and said that the film was "OK for Dileep fans and the family audience".[2] Theaterbalcony gave it a total score of 57% on 100.[3]

Box office

The film collected ₹4.77 lakhs from UK box office in two weekends[4] and ₹2.48 lakhs from US box office in its first weekend.[5]

References
  1. "Sound Thoma Reviewbol Boxoffice listings". reviewbol.com. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. Unni R. Nair (6 April 2013). "Sound Thoma Review". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  3. "Sound Thoma Review". theaterbalcony.com.
  4. "'Shootout At Wadala' springs a surprise, fares well!". Bollywood Hungama. 7 May 2013.
  5. "'Go Goa Gone' is poor!". Bollywood Hungama. 14 May 2013.
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