Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi[1] is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy-adventure written and directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. It features an ensemble cast including Kunchako Boban, Bharath, Sunny Wayne, Nedumudi Venu, Chemban Vinod, Reenu Mathews, Jacob Gregory and Sudheer Karamana. The film was produced by Prem Menon under Global United Media. The music was composed by Rex Vijayan, while the background score by Sushin Shyam. The film released on 16 October 2015.

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnil Radhakrishnan Menon
Screenplay byAnil Radhakrishnan Menon
Produced byPrem Menon
StarringKunchako Boban
Bharath
Sunny Wayne
Reenu Mathews
Nedumudi Venu
Chemban Vinod Jose
Jacob Gregory
Sudheer Karamana
Priya Lal
Assim Jamal
CinematographyJayesh Nair
Edited byManoj Kannoth
Music bySushin Shyam
Production
company
Distributed byCentury Films
Release date
  • 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) (India)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Philipose John Varkey, a nature enthusiast, sends letters to 100 people to save an unknown tribal village called "7000 Kandi". Various people came, some of them returned because they realised the village is haunted. But six people (Shanumgan Ilangovan, Madhumita Krishnan, C. K. A. K. Menon, Beeran, Prof. N. Neelakandan and Ananthakrishnan Iyer) came to the village with the help of Malavedan. Philipose informs them about a treaty between a landlord and Livingston company 150 years ago. As per treaty, the company has the authority to make the forest an industrial area or a plantation for the next 150 years. If they fail, the forest goes to the government of India. If they succeed in the mission, then they can extend the validity to 350 more years. And now the company becomes aware of some rare earth minerals there and they want to explore it. So they appoint the Bangalore brothers to cut down the trees. Philipose convince others about the importance of saving 7000 Kandi and the tribe who were mistaken as ghosts by the natives. Now with the help of six members, Philipose and the tribals try to stop the Bangalore brothers. They succeed in the mission and Bangalore brothers left the place intact. But later it is revealed that the treaty is valid for four months too and the mission was now to hand it over to an international firm and the tribals should fight with the company to live on their own land and the film ends with Philipose, the tribals and the six battling the company.

Cast

Production

This is the third film of Anil after his much acclaimed films North 24 Kaatham (2013) and Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014). After telling the story of seven thieves in Sapthamashree Thaskaraha, eight individuals become the key people in Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi. The first look poster[2] was released online on Friday, 24 April 2015. The poster shows the main eight characters in never-seen looks before.[3] According to actor Bharath, who had completed 15 days of shoot, said in an interview to The Times of India, "The subject touches upon the fight against deforestation and is scripted so well. Everything is unique about the film, be it the title, the narration or the action scenes".[4]

According to the director, the film deals with a fantasy subject - a story that may or may not happen at any period of time. The shooting commenced on 2 May 2015 at Wayanad, Kerala, the film was set and shot at Wayanad, Idukki, Pune and Chennai.[5] The official trailer of the film was released on 2 October.

Box office

The film grossed 1.22 crore (US$150,000) in two days from Kerala.[6]

Music

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi
Soundtrack album by
Released2 October 2014
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageMalayalam
LabelManorama Music
ProducerRex Vijayan
Rex Vijayan chronology
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha
(2013)
Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi
(2014)
Parava
(2017)

Rex Vijayan provides music for the film with background music by Sushin Shyam. The album consists of four songs composed by Rex Vijayan.The soundtrack album was released on 2 October at Kochi.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aayiram Kaalamai"Gowri Lakshmi, Maqbool Mohammed3:54
2."Tharangal Padunne"Rex Vijayan4:14
3."Kunni Mani"Suchith Suresan3:54
4."Dheera Charitha"Job Kurian3:42

References

  1. Deepa Soman (9 February 2015). "Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. "Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi First Look Poster". PrimeGlitz Media. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. Online desk (25 April 2015). "'Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi' first look is out". Manoramaonline.com.
  4. TNN (19 May 2015). "Bharath to speak Tamil in his next M' Town film". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. "Kunchacko to pair up with Reenu". Kaumudi. 20 April 2015.
  6. Anu James. "Kerala box office: 'Amar Akbar Anthony', 'LL7K' make good collection; 'Pathemari' still enjoying housefull shows". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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