Sradha
Sradha (transl. Focus) is a 2000 Indian Malayalam language action film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by T. Damodaran and Dr. Rajendrababu.[1] The film stars Mohanlal, Arun Pandian, Abhirami, Sangeetha, Shobhana and Indraja.[2] It features a musical score and soundtrack composed by Bharadwaj.[3] The plot follows the investigations of a police squad led by Ganga Prasad (Mohanlal) for a terrorist threat in the city. The film was released on 7 July 2000, and ended up as a critical and commercial failure. It was dubbed and released in Tamil titled Dhool Police and in Telugu as Abhi.[4]
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| Malayalam | ശ്രദ്ധ |
| Directed by | I. V. Sasi |
| Screenplay by | T. Damodaran Dr. Rajendrababu |
| Produced by | Anand Kumar |
| Starring | Mohanlal Arun Pandian Abhirami Sangeetha Shobhana Indraja |
| Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
| Edited by | J. Murali Narayanan |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
Production company | Adithya Kalamandir |
| Distributed by | Hi-Power Movie Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Ganga Prasad is a police officer of the Anti-Terrorist Wing of the State Police. He has a wife, Suma and son Abi. A girl Swapna, who is attracted to Prasad, falls in love with him. Meanwhile, a group of hard-core terrorists led by Dr Lucifer Munna and Janeesha wreak havoc at various parts of the city. How Gangaprasad resolves the terrorist attack forms the climax of the movie.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Gangaprasad IPS, Director-Anti Terrorist Wing
- Arun Pandian as Dr. Lucifer Munna
- Abhirami as Swapna
- Sangeetha as Janeesha
- Shobhana as Suma Gangaprasad
- Indraja as C.I Sudha
- Seema as Nandhini Balachandran, Gangaprasad's family friend who conducts a play school for children
- Vijayakumar as Narendran IPS, Anti Terrorist Wing officer
- Devan as Dr. Balachandran
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Sukumaran, Ganga Prasad's father
- Janardhanan as Ayyappan, Swapna's father
- Kunchan as Chandrappan
- Mayuri Kango
- V. K. Sreeraman as Jayadevan IPS, Commissioner of Police
- Major Ravi as Aravindakshan, IB Officer
- Spadikam George as DGP Karunakaran
- Reshmi Soman as Beena
- Anu Anand as Shaju
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Ganga Prasad's mother
- Lekshmi Rattan
- Sidharaj as S.P Rajashekharan IPS
- Yamuna as SI
- Mini Agustine
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Bharadwaj and released by the label Satyam Audios.
| Sradha | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Bharadwaj | |||
| Bharadwaj chronology | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gireesh Puthenchery; all music is composed by Bharadwaj
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aadyaanuraagam" | M. G. Sreekumar | |
| 2. | "Chola Malamkaattadikkanu" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | |
| 3. | "Megharagathil" | Sunanda | |
| 4. | "Megharagathil" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 5. | "Neeyen Jeevanil" | K. S. Chithra | |
| 6. | "Onnu Thottene Ninne" | M. G. Sreekumar | |
| 7. | "Onnu Thottene Ninne" | K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar | |
| 8. | "Party Party Time [Oh Little]" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan |
References
- "Indiainfo: Malayalam: Movie Reviews". movies.indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- Ayyappan, R. "Sleaze time, folks!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- "Sradha | Full Malayalam Movie | Mohanlal, Shobhana". YouTube. Cinecurry Malayalam. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/abhi/telugu/abhi-movie-reviews-375-2.html