Kalippattam
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| Kalippattam | |
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| Directed by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Written by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Produced by | Asharaf |
| Starring | Mohanlal Urvashi Deepti Pillay Sivan |
| Cinematography | K.P Nambyathiri |
| Edited by | N.Gopalakrishnan |
| Music by | Raveendran |
| Distributed by | Abhinaya Ramya |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kalippattam (transl. Toy) is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Venu Nagavalli and starring Mohanlal, Urvashi, Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Jagathy and Nedumudi Venu. Mohanlal also sang a song ("Vazhiyoram") with Chithra for the film. The story is about the love between a violinist played by Mohanlal and a terminally ill (with aplastic anaemia) girl played by Urvashi. The music and background score were composed by Raveendran.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Venugopal is a factory worker who struggles to provide for his family. When he is dismissed from his position, he tries desperately to reach out to the owner, Menon, to get himself reinstated. During these encounters, Menon's daughter, Saro, becomes captivated by Venu's music and wit, and eventually they get married.
Menon arranges the marriage after revealing to Venu that Saro is terminally ill with aplastic anaemia. Venu accedes as the union will lift his family out of destitution. They go on to have a daughter. Saro's condition worsens, and she succumbs following a bone marrow transplant. Their daughter is revealed to have a similar terminal illness.
Cast
[edit]- Mohanlal as Venugopal G.
- Urvashi as Sarojam (Saro), Venu's wife
- Deepti Pillay Sivan as Venugopal's daughter
- Thilakan as K. MK. Menon, Sarojam's father
- Jagathy as Thakaraparambil Unnikrishnan, Venu's friend
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Sarojam's mother
- Nedumudi Venu as Freddy Uncle, Menon's friend
- K. R. Vijaya as Kalyani (Doctor)
- Siddique as N. N. Kutty, Venu's friend
- Mamukkoya as Ismail, Venu's friend
- Prem Kumar as Lambodharan, security guard
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Venu's mother
- Kalpana as Meenakshi (Meenu), Venu's younger sister
- Bindu Panicker as Sreekumari, Venu's younger sister
- Aranmula Ponnamma as Venu's grandmother
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Venu's grandfather
- Ganesh Kumar as Renji, Menon's relative
- Shivaji as Chandran, Renji's friend
- Nandhu as Remanan, the horse cart driver
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Karunan aka Ottappalam Chittappan
- Soman as Dr. Warrier
- Vineeth as Harikrishnan
- N. L. Balakrishnan as Santhosh, Watchman
- Aliyar as Ravi
- T. P. Madhavan as Madhavan
Soundtrack
[edit]The song lyrics were penned by Konniyoor Bhaas with Raveendran composing tunes for the same.
- "Mozhiyazhakum" - K J Yesudas, K S Chithra
- "Konchi,Konchi" - M G Sreekumar
- "Vazhiyoram" - Mohanlal, K S Chithra
- "Kalipattamayi" - K J Yesudas[3]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Kalippattam at IMDb
- Kalippattam at the Malayalam Movie Database