Spanish Masala
Spanish Masala is a 2012 Indian Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by Lal Jose. The film stars Dileep, Daniela Zacherl, and Biju Menon in the lead roles while Kunchacko Boban plays the main antagonist. The film was released on 20 January 2012 to mixed-to-positive reviews, and recorded an average run at the box-offixe.
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| Directed by | Lal Jose |
| Produced by | Noushad |
| Written by | Benny P. Nayarambalam |
| Starring | Dileep Kunchacko Boban Daniela Zacherl Biju Menon |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | Loganathan Srinivasan |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
Production company | Big Screen Productions |
| Distributed by | Plaza Group Release |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | 10 Crore |
Plot
The story set in Spain, and revolves around Charlie (Dileep), an illegal immigrant stranded in Madrid. To make things worse, he is conversant only in Malayalam. He gets a job as a cook in an Indian restaurant, as he has some experience in running a roadside eatery in his homeland, run by an expatriate, Majid. In the restaurant he is assigned with the task of serving up various types of dosa and, he comes up with a local variant named Spanish Masala. This turns out to be his passport to employment in the home of an ex-diplomat, who had earlier served in India.
There he meets the diplomat's daughter Camilla (Daniela Zacherl), who is visually impaired. She becomes a big time fan of Charlie's Spanish Masala. She is not on talking terms with her father (Javier Sandoval), who is believed to have killed her Indian lover, Rahul (Kunchacko Boban), the son of her Malayali nanny, from whom she has learnt to speak Malayalam. Later Camilla starts to get closer to Charlie. Since he can imitate impersonate voices, one servant Pappan (Nelson) leads him to imitate Rahul's voice and keep Rahul's memory alive.
After some days, she recovers and get gets her eye sight back, but now her dad is no more. A strange incident occurs when Rahul arrives for his funeral. One day, as per Menon's (Biju Menon) instruction, Charlie cleans Señor's (Camilla's dad) room. He finds a CD which Señor had seen before he died, and from that he finds out that Rahul was sent to Portugal to avoid the relationship between Camilla and Rahul, by paying him money by Señor. Again Rahul is spared by Charlie.
As it goes, one day Menon enters a bar where he sees Rahul and another girl dancing together. He went to interrogate about it by following him, when he saw Rahul sitting with some goons and the girl. Later he researched on it, when he came to know that it wasn't a good life for Rahul in Portugal. He sold the factory which Señor offered him and he had taken loan from some goons for gambling and could not repay them. Camilla heard about it and she felt sorrow that she was keeping a crooked lover in her mind. Later Camilla and Menon go back to Kerala, India to fix marriage between Charlie and Camilla.
Cast
- Dileep as Charlie
- Kunchacko Boban as Rahul
- Daniela Zacherl as Camilla
- Biju Menon as Menon
- Nivin Pauly as Mathews (Cameo)
- Archana Kavi as Lily; Charlie's sister (Cameo appearance)
- Javier Sandoval as Spanish ambassador Philp De Albey, Kamilas Father
- Chrys Hobbs Maria de Albey
- Clemens Berndorff as Fernado
- Nelson Sooranad as Pappan
- Vinaya Prasad as Rahul's mother
- Kalaranjini as Theresa; Charlie's mother
- Sivaji Guruvayoor as Charlie's Father
- Nandhu Pothuval as Troupe Manager Ravi
- Majeed as English Teacher
- Niyas Backer as Mimicry Artist
- Franco Simon as Himself (Cameo)
ProAmegashie As Jenifer
The film was shot in Madrid, the capital of Spain. One song was shot in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and the remaining portions were shot in Cochin and Alappuzha districts of Kerala.[2] The film portrays several Spanish arts, festivals and sports such as bullfighting, flamenco dance and La Tomatina which was the real la tomatina festival shot for the first time in Indian cinema.[3] Daniela Zacherl, the female lead, is an Austrian model.[4][5] She replaced Amy Jackson who had to drop out due to conflicts with Ekk Deewana Tha.[6]
Soundtrack
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| Released | 13 December 2011 | |||
| Recorded | Varsha Vallaki Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:26 | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
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The audio launch was done on 14 December at IMA Hall in Kochi. Song composer was Vidyasagar, the lyrics are penned by R. Venugopal. The soundtrack was rated 6/10 by Music Aloud.[7]
| No. | Song | Singers |
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| 1 | "Akkare Ninnoru" | Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sujatha Mohan |
| 2 | "Aareyuthiyaavo" | Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal |
| 3 | "Hayyo Hayyo" | Yazin Nizar, Franco |
| 4 | "Irulil Oru" | Udit Narayan, Vidyasagar |
| 5 | "Irulil Oru" | Karthik |
| 5 | "Omana" | Nikhitha |
References
- 'Spanish Masala' from tomorrow – Malayalam Movie News. IndiaGlitz (2012-01-19). Retrieved on 2012-12-23.
- Hooli, Shekhar. (2011-07-23) Daniela Zacherl replaces Amy Jackson in Dileep's Spanish Masala – Oneindia Entertainment. Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 2012-12-23.
- "സ്പാനിഷ് വിശേഷങ്ങള്". Mathrubhumi.com (2011-12-21). Retrieved on 2012-12-23.
- Daniela Zacherl replaces Amy Jackson – Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2011-07-26). Retrieved on 2012-12-23.
- Movies |. Manorama Online. Retrieved on 2012-12-23.
- "Dileep starts shooting for Spanish Masala". TOI. 5 August 2011.
- Spanish Masala – Music Review (Malayalam Movie Soundtrack) |Vidyasagar |Dileep |Kunchacko Boban. Music Aloud (2011-12-14). Retrieved on 2012-12-23.