| Vinodayathra | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Produced by | Dileep |
| Written by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Starring | Dileep Meera Jasmine Mukesh Innocent KPAC Lalitha Nedumudi Venu |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Editing by | K. Rajagopal |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Vinodaythra (English: A Fun Journey) is a 2007 Malayalam film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, produced by Dileep, and starring Dileep, Meera Jasmine, Mukesh, Innocent, KPAC Lalitha, and Nedumudi Venu.
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It is the story of a good natured but irresponsible young man, Vinod (Dileep) who comes to a hilly village live with his elder sister Vimala (Seetha) and brother in law, shaji (Mukesh). Shaji is an engineer and Vinod wants to learn life from him, but end up creating problems for Shaji.
Vinod meets a lot of people in the village and learns lessons of life from them, chiefly from Anupama (Meera Jasmine) whom he falls in love with. The film is a comedy, but ends up leaving a message for the audience like a typical Sathyan Anthikkadu movie.
Mukesh had not acted in any of the movies directed by Sathyan Anthikkad till 2005 despite both being active in the film industry for more than 20 years. When asked about this in an interview, Mukesh commented in a light mood that he and Sathyan Anthikkadu belongs to same Ezhava caste and one Ezhava does not like another Ezhava prospering. Sathyan Anthikkadu immediately called up Mukesh and was cast in a guest role in his next movie Rasathanthram. Thereafter Mukesh acted in the next two movies of Sathyan Anthikkad, namely Vinodayathra and Innathe Chintha Vishayam.
The score and soundtrack of the film are composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. All songs became chartbusters, however there was an accusation of plagiarism in the background score of the movie.
This film had some scenes lifted from the 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film My Sassy Girl.[1] This led to much fan uproar as it was much unlikely from Sathyan Anthikkad. Some people even demanded that the state award received for the screenplay of the film should be returned.