Naran (film)

Naran
100 days poster
Malayalam നരൻ
Directed by Joshy
Produced by Antony Perumbavoor
Written by Ranjan Pramod
Starring Mohanlal
Innocent
Madhu
Siddique
Jagathy Sreekumar
Devayani
Bhavana
Mamukoya
Maniyanpilla Raju
Music by Songs:
Deepak Dev
Background Score:
Ouseppachan
Cinematography Shaji Kumar
Edited by Ranjan Abraham
Production
company
Distributed by Central Pictures
Release date
  • 3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)
Running time
 165 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam
Budget ₹2.55 crore (US$360,000)[1]

Naran (Malayalam: നരന്, English: The Man) is a 2005 Malayalam action drama film written by Ranjan Pramod and directed by Joshi. The film tells the story of Mullankolli Velayudhan (Mohanlal), a homeless ruffian with a good heart.[2][3]

It was one of the Onam releases in 2005. The film received positive reviews from the critics and overwhelming positive response from the audiences. It was one of the highest-grossing movie of that year. The film ran more than 100 days in major centres.[4]

Plot

Mullankolli is a rustic remote village in northern Kerala. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area.

Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician - Member Kurup(Jagathy) and Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique), son-in-law of Valiya Nambiar who wants to rule over the village in his own way.

When Velayudhan plants a staff, it means that it has his stamp of authority. The only man who he listens to is Valiya Nambiar and to a certain extent Kelappan (Innocent) who looked after him as a child. The villagers including Kurup and Gopinathan regularly bring goons from outside the village to eliminate Velayudhan but they fail. There are three women in his life - a prostitute Kunnummel Shantha (Sona Nair) old flame Janaki(Devayani) and Kelappan's daughter Leela (Bhavana). But things turn bleak for Velayudhan due to the machinations of Gopinathan which leads to the climax.

Cast

Soundtrack

Naran
Soundtrack album by Deepak Dev
Released 2006
Genre Soundtrack
Label Manorama Music
Producer Aashirvad Cinemas
Deepak Dev chronology
Naa Oopiri (Telugu) Naran Ben Johnson

The songs of this movie has composed by Deepak Dev and lyrics were penned by Kaithapram.

SongSingers
ThumbikinnaramDr. K. J. Yesudas, Gayatri
VelmurukaM. G. Sreekumar
NaranK. S. Chithra, Vineeth Sreenivasan
Minnedi MinnediK. S. Chithra
PonnaaryanDr. K. J. Yesudas
Thumbikinnaram [Unplugged]Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Gayatri
Velmuruka [Remix]M. G. Sreekumar

Reception

Naran released during Onam season and became a "super hit", collecting a distributor share of ₹1.69 crore (US$240,000) in two weeks from Kerala.[1] Sify stated that the film as "Paisa Vasool" and wrote "Veteran director and his script writer Ranjan Pramod uses Mohanlal's larger-than-life image and blends it with the milieu, successfully in this action adventure film laced with sentiments. It is old wine in a new tetra pack with hardly any story or twists but the great man simply lights up the screen with his sheer presence."[5] The film was commercial success.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Naran' — The clear winner!". Moviebuzz. Sify. 17 September 2005.
  2. ↑ "Naran". varnachitram.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Naran review". nowrunning.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ↑ IndiaGlitz (18 May 2006). "Mohanlal makes a hatrick". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Movie Review : Naran". Moviebuzz. sify.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "2005- An analysis". Sify. 22 December 2005.
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