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| Directed by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Produced by | Houli Pottoor |
| Written by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Starring | Mohanlal Neethasree Master Mani Biju Menon |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Azhagappan |
| Editing by | Jyothy |
| Distributed by | Dream Team Release |
| Release date(s) | 24 October 2006 [1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Photographer is a 2006 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Ranjan Pramod. It stars Mohanlal, Master Mani, Neethasree and Biju Menon in major roles. It was the directorial debut of Ranjan Pramod, who has been a successful screenwriter in Malayalam cinema.[2][3] The film also marks the debut of Kannada actress Neethasree in Malayalam cinema as well as the comeback of veteran composer Johnson after a sabbatical of a few years.[4]
The film is based on Muthanga incident, in which a policeman and a tribal were killed.[5] Mohanlal play dual roles in the film, a wildlife photographer and a farmer. Master Mani, who played the role of a tribal boy won that year's Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.[6] Johnson received the Mathrubhumi Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack and Mullasserry Raju Music Award for the track "Enthe Kannanu Karuppu Niram".[7][8]
The film received generally negative reviews from critics and listeners alike, and was declared a box office disaster.[9]
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The film is all about the life of Dijo John (Mohanlal), a natural photographer living with his family who make outings to forests for bigger magazines like National geographic and to make more money.
Dijo has a flashback in which he boldly manages to make a Brahmin girl Sathyavathy (Nithyashree) his wife. And amidst one of his missions to the forests, he happens to save an Aadivasi boy, Thammi, from the hands of a notorious police officer and his crew and becomes the spokesperson on their behalf.
He even makes a photograph of the police officer aiming at the harmless boy and tries to bring the issue to public. But his friend who is also the state forest minister assures protection to the boy and advises him from making these incidents more public.Thammi who is lodged in a juvenile home, happens to be there for a while but toward the middle of the film goes missing. Then our wild life activist is again on the run towards the interiors of the forest to trace the child. And amidst the new mission, the photographer is also missing.
And then comes the surprise package of the film which turns out to be another non starter. Dijo's younger brother Joy (Mohanlal) is a happy-go-lucky rich planter and a pulp writer who has a publication. He who tries to break comedies and try to be in par with the Lal of late eighties, try to investigate the situation but with little success. Later Dijo is found walking around the forest in a dazed condition as he realizes that his fight for the rights of adivasi is a futile exercise and all including his friend, the forest minister and the bureaucracy is nowhere to help the men of the forest.