Mithunam (1993 film)
| Mithunam | |
|---|---|
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| Malayalam | മിഥുനം |
| Directed by | Priyadarsan |
| Produced by | Mohanlal |
| Written by | Sreenivasan |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Urvashi Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair Jagathy Sreekumar Innocent Sreenivasan K. P. A. C. Lalitha |
| Music by |
M. G. Radhakrishnan S. P. Venkatesh (Score) |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pranamam Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | 2 crore |
| Box office | 75 lakhs |
Mithunam (Translation: Title refers to a month in the Malayalam calendar) is a 1993 Indian Malayalam family drama film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan. The film stars Mohanlal and Urvashi in the lead roles. The film was produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts and was distributed by Pranamam Pictures.[1]
Plot
Sethumadhavan (Mohanlal) has plans to start a biscuit factory (Dakshayani Biscuits). But the bureaucracy and the corruption of the officials are the hurdles in front of him. Along with that he has to solve the problems in his dysfunctional family. Added to that he marries his long-term fiancée Sulochana (Urvashi), who always cribs that he doesn't have love towards her, which he had shown before their marriage. .
Cast
- Mohanlal as Sethumadhavan Kurup
- Urvashi as Sulochana, wife of Sethu (Voice dubbed by Bhagyalakshmi)
- Sreenivasan as Preman, friend and assistant to Sethu
- Jagathi Sreekumar as Suguthan, brother-in-law of Sethu
- Innocent as Lineman K. T. Kurup, elder brother of Sethu
- Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair as Kurup Master, father of Sethu
- Sankaradi as Ammavan of Tharavadu, Sethu's uncle
- C. I. Paul as Government official
- Janardanan as Sivaraman
- Kuthiravattam Pappu as Palisa Peethambaran
- Nedumudi Venu as Cherkkonam Swamy
- Meena as housemaid
- Sukumari as Swamini Amma
- Zeenath as Subadra
- K. R. Valsala as Renuka
- Kuttyedathi Vilasini as Syama's kunjamma
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Village Officer
- Usha as Shyama
- Kanakalatha as Sivaraman's wife
- Kaveri Sulochana's sister
- James as Paappi
- Vishal Menon as Rajesh, Suguthan's son
Other crew positions
- Art: Sabu Cyril
- Makeup: Vikraman Nair, Salim
- Costumes: M. M. Kumar, Murali
- Choreography: Kumar
- Stunts: Thyagarajan master
- Advertisement: Gayathri venugopal
- Processing: Gemini Pictures Circuit
- Stills: T. N. Ramalingam
- Production controller: Radha K. Nair
- Office administration: K. Manoharan
- Outdoor: Vishakh pokkiriraja
- Associate director: Murali Nagavalli
Soundtrack
The songs in the movie has been composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan and was written by O. N. V. Kurup. The songs were distributed by Magna Sound. The Background Score for the movie was composed by S. P. Venkatesh.
All music composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Njattu Velakkiliye" (Female version) | K. S. Chitra | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Allimar Kavil" | M. G. Sreekumar | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Poomanjim Koodarathil" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Njattu Velakkiliye" (Male version) | M. G. Sreekumar | 3:48 |
| Total length: | 15:37 | ||
Legacy
In the 2014 film, Polytechnic, the name of the biscuit factory in Mithunam, Dakshayani Biscuits, was adapted for a defunct biscuit factory in the film, which the protagonist played by Kunchacko Boban buys.[2]
References
- ↑ "Midhunam was produced by Mohanlal". The Times of India. Times News Network. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ Pillai, Radhika C. (11 December 2014). "Kunchacko Boban becomes entrepreneur!". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2016.