Vesham
Vesham is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by V. M. Vinu in which Mammootty plays the lead role Appu, a businessman,owner of Leela Group. Innocent won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor - Male for this film while Gopika won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor - Female. The film was commercial success.[1][2][3]
Vesham | |
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Directed by | V. M. Vinu |
Produced by | Swargachithra Appachan |
Written by | T. A. Razzaq |
Starring | Mammootty Innocent Sai Kumar Indrajith Mohini Gopika |
Music by | S.A. Rajkumar |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Plot
The movie narrates the story of Appu (Mammootty), an elder brother who sacrifices his life for the younger one.
Appu, the M.D. of Leela Group of companies is a self-made businessman. He is a workaholic and still manages to make quality time for his family. He is married to Ashwathi (Mohini). Appu's father Pappettan (Innocent) had a humble beginning as a porter.[4]
Appu's brother Hari (Indrajith) took his MBA from England and he is married to Revathy (Gopika). All these people stay together as a joint family. Appu has many enemies in the business field and Sivan (Sai Kumar), the M.D. of Bharath Motors, who wants to destroy Leela Group. Sivan tries to influence Hari through his secretary Veni (Sindhu Menon) and her lover Deepak (Riyaz Khan). Hari has already been creating problems at the office as well as at home but Appu tolerates it. The story takes a turn with the accidental death of Deepak which was actually committed by Hari. In order to save his brother's life, Appu confesses to the murder. Rest of the movie deals with Sivan's attempt to take over Leela Group and how Appu takes revenge as well as the agony associated with it.
Cast
- Mammootty as Appu
- Innocent as Pappan (Father of Appu & Hari)
- Sai Kumar as Sivan
- Indrajith as Hari (Younger brother of Appu,Son of Pappan)
- Mohini as Ashwathi (Appu's wife)
- Gopika as Revathy (Hari's wife)
- Cochin Haneefa as brother-in-law of Appu & Hari
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Ganapathi
- Sindhu Menon as Veni(Assistant of Leela Group after Hari's arrival from England
- T. P. Madhavan
- Riyaz Khan as Deepak
- Augustine
Soundtrack
The song 'Oho Minnale' was composed in the same tune as in the song 'Aha Jumtaka' from S. A. Rajkumar's musical Kannada film Chandra Chakori
All lyrics are written by Kaithapram; all music is composed by S.A. Rajkumar.
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kelkkathoru Sangeetham" | Karthik, Sujatha Mohan | |
2. | "Oho Minnale" | K. S. Chithra | |
3. | "Veshangal" | K. J. Yesudas | |
4. | "Veshangal" | K. S. Chithra |
References
- "Box office hits signal revival of film industry in Kerala". The Hindu. 4 December 2004.
- "Man of the year". The Hindu. 1 January 2005.
- "Audience apathy to young stars continues!". Sify. 21 March 2005.
- "Vesham". /www.imdb.com. 24 December 2004.