| Balettan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | V. M. Vinu |
| Produced by | M. Mani |
| Written by | T. A. Shahid |
| Starring | Mohanlal Devayani Nedumudi Venu |
| Music by |
Gireesh Puthenchery (lyrics) Rajamani (BGM) |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Editing by | P. C. Mohanan |
| Distributed by | Aroma Release |
| Release date(s) | August 28, 2003 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Balettan is a 2003 Malayalam film directed by V. M. Vinu and starring Mohanlal, Devayani, Harisree Ashokan, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu and Jagathy Sreekumar.[1] It won the Kaveri Film Critics' Award for the most popular Malayalam film of 2003.[2]
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Balettan (Mohanlal) is a bank accountant who is known well for his help to the whole village he is living in. His father(Nedumudi Venu) is a retired postman. Meanwhile, helping others, he becomes a big debtor and his father pays the debts using his pension money. Then once when travelling by bus, Mohanlal's father gets a heart stroke and decides to tell his eldest son, Balettan, that he has another wife and two daughters. When Mohanlal knows this he loses his control and gets angry at his father. This leads to another stroke which causes Nedumudi Venu's death but he manages to tell Balettan that he should take of his second wife and daughters. He also tells him that his family should not know anything. Then Balettan visits them and takes care of both the families but once when Balettan steals his own house' papers and mortgages it for his half-sister's marriage. Then when his brother gets to know about this, his entire family gets angry and even tell that he has another wife. Even Balettan's wife Radika (Devayani) also tells him to go out.Finally,his half-sister Devaki (Nithya Das)reveals the truth to prove Balettan's innocence and Balettan returns the house to his family and reveals what his father told before death.
The movie was received by all types of audience positively with both hands. The audience were begging for a good script since 2002 was a real bad year for malayalam industry. Balettan gave them what they were waiting for and it was a huge hit with audience accepting it with glee. It was the biggest hit of the year 2003 ahead all the other 55 films released.[3],,,and also it uplift the stardom of Mohanlal after the bunch of flops films.
The hit songs of this movie were composed by M. Jayachandran and lyrics were by Gireesh Puthenchery.
| Track | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innale Ente | Dr. K. J. Yesudas |
| 2 | Cholakkiliye | M. G. Sreekumar |
| 3 | Karu Karu Karuthoru | Mohanlal |
| 4 | Chilu Chilum | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha |
| 5 | Innale Ente | K. S. Chithra |