Daisy (1988 film)

Daisy is a 1988 Malayalam musical - romance film depicting separation and longing set in a boarding school, written and directed by Prathap K. Pothan. It stars Harish and Sonia in the lead roles, Lakshmi in another pivotal role, and Kamal Hassan in an extended guest appearance. The screenplay was written by Prathap K. Pothan and the dialogues were written by Khalid.

Plot

Pradeep Menon is a troubled teenager who studies in a Boarding school in Ooty in the Nilgiris. He is regarded as a trouble-maker in school, and is often punished by his teachers and headmaster, at times often severely. When beautiful Daisy Thomas joins this school, he makes fun of her on the very first day, thus beginning a series of misadventures that result in more punishment for him. This also brings him close to Daisy and both are attracted to each other. Daisy understands why Pradeep is so aggressive, and offers him considerable support. She is shocked to see how rude he is toward his mother, Malathi Menon, but is unable to do anything about it.She later comes to know the reason behind his hatred was that his mother had decided to re-marry after his father's death and in process had started spending less time with him. Things improve considerably when Malati is confined in a hospital and Pradeep goes to visit her, thereby improving their relationship. Pradeep starts to respond positively to Daisy's support and is all set to turn a new leaf. Then Pradeep's world is turned upside down when he witnesses Daisy in the arms of James - a complete stranger. Shocked at this, Pradeep has no alternative but to regress to his self-destructive phase, alienating himself from everyone. He later comes to know that the other man, James, was in fact her older brother and that she is a terminally ill patient. Things go bad when his mother dies and him losing Daisy as well. The movie ends with him finding solace in James. This film is the Malayalam remake of 1978 Hindi film 'Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se' starring Sachin and Ranjeeta Kaur.

Cast

• Harish as Pradeep Menon
• Kamal Hassan as James
• Sonia as Daisy Thomas
• Lakshmi as Malathi Menon
• Thesni Khan

Trivia

• Title of the film is based on lead actress's character Daisy.
• One of the highest grossing Malayalam films of 1988.
• The film is mainly centralized on teenagers and it took 9 long years in Malayalam Cinema to overcome this record with teens, which is Aniyathipravu.
• Kamal Hassan played a cameo in the movie.
• The film was dubbed in Hindi as Daisy and had an official Audio launch as well.

Music

All the credits goes for music director Shyam while lyrics are penned by P. Bhaskaran.

Track listing

References

External links

• Daisy at the Internet Movie Database
• Daisy at Facebook
• Daisy at Musiqbuzz.com