Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu
| Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | T. K. Rajeev Kumar |
| Produced by |
V. Balachandran R. Karunamoorthy Latha Kurien Rajeev |
| Screenplay by |
Sunny Joseph Manuel George Indugopan |
| Story by | T. K. Rajeev Kumar |
| Starring |
Indrajith Meghana Raj Prathap Pothen Remya Nambeesan |
| Music by |
Prashanth Murali (background score) M. Jayachandran |
| Cinematography | Jomon T. Thomas |
| Edited by | B. Ajith Kumar |
Production company |
Blue Mermaid Picture Company |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu is a 2013 Malayalam psychological thriller film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. It is based on the 2011 Hollywood film Elevator. The story unfolds in a lift where nine people get stuck.[1] Indrajith, Prathap Pothen, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Rejith Menon, Baiju, Nandhu, Remya Nambeesan, Sruthi Menon, and master Devaraman play the nine characters who got trapped inside the lift.[2] Meghana Raj, Vijayakumar, Jaikrishnan, Kochu Preman are the other important cast. The film is produced by V. Balachandran, R. Karunamurthi and Latha Kurien Rajeev under the banner of Blue Mermaid Picture Company. The script is penned by Sunny Joseph and Manuel George and camera is cranked by Jomon Thomas.[3]
Almost the entire narrative takes place inside the limited space that is the lift and the entire storyline is set over a period of a few hours on a particular day.
Plot
The film unfolds after eight people and a child get stuck in the lift.They include the lift operator (Indrajith), a police commissioner (Ganesh Kumar), the apartment's builder and his dancer-wife (Baiju and Remya Nambeesan, respectively), an alcoholic writer (Prathap Pothen), an IT professional and his girlfriend (Rejith Menon and Sruti Menon, respectively), an American-returnee (Nandhu) and a young boy (Master Devaraman), who intermittently keeps enquiring about his mother (Meghana Raj). They are on their way up to the top floor to take part in the building society's anniversary celebrations. Suddenly, the space becomes a sort of an altered reality. It becomes a place where the real becomes unreal; where emotions are raw and extra sensitive. It even prompts the very nature of the characters to change and secrets to be revealed.[4]
Cast
- Indrajith as Thampuran, an ex-serviceman-turned-lift operator
- Meghana Raj as the mysterious lady
- Prathap Pothen as Edathil Govindan Nair, a writer
- Baiju as Sam Christy, a wealthy builder
- Remya Nambeesan as Kalamandalam Prasanna, Christy's wife
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Siyaad, the Commissioner of Police
- Nandhu as Cheriyan
- Rejith Menon as a techie
- Shruthy Menon as Mitra
- Master Devaraman as Shanku
- Kochu Preman as the lift mechanic
- Vijayakumar
- Jaikrishnan as Surendran
Production
The script and dialogues are written by Sunny Joseph, Manual George and Indugopan. The three had discussed well about each and every scene in the movie.[5] Rajeev Kumar says there was a consensus among the script writers and him as a director.[5]
Major portion of the film was shot from Chithranjali Studios in Thiruvananthapuram where the lift was constructed using plywood, the insides covered with embossed metal sheets.[1] Mohandas was the art director for the film.[1]
When the script was developed, scenarists and the director felt that the scope of songs were less in it. Also they were apprehensive that the songs would affect the pace of the movie. So there are no songs in the film except a promo song.[5] Prasanth Murali has done the background score with Quarter tones.[5]
Soundtrack
| Up And Down Mukalil Oraalundu | |
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| Soundtrack album | |
| Released | April 2013 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Manorama Music |
The music of the film was composed by M. Jayachandran collaborating with T.K. Rajeev Kumar after Rathinirvedam. Ramya Nambeesan sung the theme song. Background Score was composed by the debutante, Prashanth Murali.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vaanam Chuttum Megham" | Rafeeq Ahmed | Vijay Yesudas & Mridula Warrier | 03:42 |
| 2. | "Up And Down Theme" | Rafeeq Ahmed | Ramya Nambeesan | 03:38 |
| 3. | "Here We Go Again" | Jeremaniah John | Jeremaniah John | 04:28 |
Total length: |
11:49 | |||
Release
Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu was set to release on 17 May 2013. The date was postponed by a week even after giving the mandatory advertisements announcing the release of the film on 17 May in the popular dailies. The film released on 24 May.[6] The film was a hit at the box office.
References
- 1 2 3 Nita Sathyendran (18 October 2012). "Unlimited journeys". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Lift as a main character in 'Up and Down'". Nowrunning.com. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ Aswathy K (26 March 2013). "On an up and down ride". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ Nita Sathyendran (16 May 2013). "The space within". The Hindu (Chennai, India). Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Jisha G. Nair (24 May 2013). "A novel treatment by Rajeev Kumar". Malayala Manorama (Kottayam, India: Manoramaonline.com). Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ↑ "It is not up, today". IndiaGlitz. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.