Rappakal
Rappakal is a 2005 released Malayalam film directed by Kamal. Mammootty, Nayanthara and Sharada appears in lead roles.
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Directed by | Kamal |
Written by | T. A. Razzaq |
Produced by | Houli Pottoor |
Starring | Mammootty Nayanthara Sharada |
Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
Music by | Mohan Sithara |
Distributed by | Swargachithra |
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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 woman, 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 as Krishnan
- Nayanthara as Gauri
- Sharada as Saraswathiyamma (Voice dubbed by M Thangamani)
- Balachandra Menon as Deva Narayanan
- Geethu Mohandas as Malavika
- Vijayaraghavan as Janardana
- Janardhanan as Sankaran Kuttiyar
- Salim Kumar as Govindan
- Suresh Krishna as Sudhi
- Kalasala Babu as Shekharan
- P. Sreekumar as Balagopal
- Thara Kalyan as Urmila
- Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Valiya Varma
- Balachandran Chullikadu as Mahendra
- Subbalakshmi as Valiya Varma's Wife
- Kozhikode Sarada as Janu Amma
- Narayanankutty as Karavakaran
- Baburaj as Manikantan
- Lishoy
- Shobha Mohan as Janardhana Varma's wife
- Seema G. Nair as Gauri's sister
- Dinesh Prabhakar as 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
- Aashiq Abu as photographer
Soundtrack
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Released | 2 June 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Studio | Revi's, Thrissur | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Malayalam | |||
Label | Manorama Music | |||
Mohan Sithara chronology | ||||
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All songs were composed by Mohan Sithara and lyrics were penned by Kaithapram.[3][4]
Track | Song | Artist(s) | Raga(s) |
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1 | "Thankamanassu" | P. Jayachandran | Neelambari |
2 | "Pokathe" | Afsal | Shivaranjani |
3 | "Yadhu Hrudayam" | K. S. Chithra, Madhu Balakrishnan | |
4 | "Kadha Kadha" | Vijay Yesudas, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Anwar Sadath, Dinesh Devdas, Asha Madhu | |
5 | "Thankamanassu" | Vidya Swarabhrath | Neelambari |
6 | "Yadhu Hrudayam" | Karaoke | |
7 | "Kadha Kadha" | Karaoke |
References
- "Five prominent films of T A Razzaq". Malayala Manorama. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- "Boom year for mollywood". The Hindu. 30 December 2005. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- "Rappakal Audio CD Cover". Facebook. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- "Rappakal - MSIDb". Malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.