Mazhayathu

Mazhayathu[1][2]
Directed by Suveeran
Produced by Spellbound Filmc Inc
Written by Suveeran
Starring Nikesh Ram
Aparna Gopinath
Nandhana Varma
Manoj K Jayan
Shanthi Krishna
Sunil Sukhada
Santhosh Keezhattoor
Sivaji Guruvayoor
Narrated by Nandhana Varma
Music by Gopi Sunder
Cinematography Muralikrishnan
Edited by Vijayakumar
Production
company
Spellbound Release
Distributed by Spellbound Release
Release date
  • May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)[3]
Running time
 133 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Mazhayathu is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age family drama film written and directed by Suveeran. [4] Produced under the banner Spellbound Films Inc. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Nikesh Ram, Aparna Gopinath, Nandhana Varma, Shanthi Krishna, Manoj K Jayan,Sunil Sukhada, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Nandhu, Sivaji Guruvayoor, Sreeya Remesh and Reshmi Boban.

Plot

The story revolves around a malayali middle class family consists of Venugopal ( played by Nikesh Ram )[5], Anitha (plyaed by Aparna Gopinath ), and their daughter Sreelakshmi alias Ummi (played by Nandhana Varma).T he couple, Venugopal and Anita, though there are usual tiffs between the husband and the wife, lead a healthy family life. Anita strives to be independent and tries to find a job for herself to be so. Venugopal is a government employee. Venugopal's love for his daughter Ummi knows no bounds. As far as Ummi is concerned she needs her father's help for every single thing she does. One day, an incident shakes the whole family and the happy life ends. Venugopal fails to make out the reason for people's angry reactions on seeing him. He is thunder struck on realising the reason for the reaction of the people. The present day news stories appear in different media in Kerala which are replete with related cases add which fueling to spreading rumours.

Cast

Production

Development

After the success of Athithi in Tamil, this is the second movie under production by Spellbound Films Inc. Their third movie is under production simultaneously in Tamil titled "MichaelPatty Rasavum Dubai Rosavum", which is ready to release in May 2018. This movie was initially heard that, Mammootty was engaged to do the male lead Venugopal's role with another production company. But, the project didn't realised because the production company backed off due to Mammootty's poor performance in the box office for his recent movies. Then, Suveeran contacted, spellbound films and contracted to do the movie.

Filming

The filming of Mazhayathu<[6] started in 30th August, 2017 in a village named Kuttiady in Vadakara. The shoot went on for 30days in Vadakara and then the crew moved to Kannur district to complete the later part. In Kannur the shoot went on for 15days and few scenes were shot in Ernakulam and Chennai. Then the post production work started by end of November, 2018.

Music

The soundtrack features two songs composed by Gopi Sunder. There's two beautiful tracks composed by Gopi Sundar despite the market rumor of him composing songs which has resemblances to hit songs in other languages. The Audio is going to be released on 16th April, 2018 in Crowne Plaza Hotel Dubai.

Track list

Track Name Singer Lyrics Length Notes
Akalumbol Vijay Yesudas[7] Sivadas Purameri 3:00
Aaro Varunnathai Divya S. Menon Sivadas Purameri 4:00

Release

The film is scheduled to release on 25th May, 2018[8]

Critical reception

Times of India Rating 3/5[9] Book my show users have reviews as four stars where critics reviewed it for 3stars and 69% likings towards the movie [10] IMDB rated the movie with 7.3stars [2]

References

  1. ↑ "പെൺകു‌‌ട്ടികളുള്ള മാതാപിതാക്കൾ ഈ സിനിമ കാണണം; മഴയത്ത് ട്രെയിലര്‍".
  2. 1 2 "Mazhayathu". 25 May 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ↑ https://in.bookmyshow.com/pune/movies/mazhayathu/ET00074437
  4. ↑ "സുവീരന്റെ 'മഴയത്ത്'; ടീസർ".
  5. ↑ "മഴയത്ത്' ടീസര്‍ ശ്രദ്ധേയമാകുന്നു--Video - Samayam Malayalam". https://malayalam.samayam.com. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ >https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?8664
  7. ↑ "വിജയ് യേശുദാസിന്റെ ആലാപനം, മഴയത്ത് ഗാനമെത്തി--Video - Samayam Malayalam". https://malayalam.samayam.com. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "Suveeran's Mazhayathu to release on May 25 - Times of India".
  9. ↑ "Mazhayathu Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos - eTimes". m.timesofindia.com.
  10. ↑ BookMyShow. "Mazhayathu Movie (2018) - Reviews, Cast & Release Date in Ottapalam - BookMyShow". BookMyShow.
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