Thenmavin Kombath
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Written by | Priyadarshan |
| Starring | Mohanlal Shobana Nedumudi Venu Sreenivasan Kaviyoor Ponnamma Sukumari Sharat Saxena |
| Music by | S. P. Venkatesh (film score) Berny-Ignatius (songs) |
| Cinematography | K. V. Anand |
| Editing by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Studio | Prasidhi Creations |
| Distributed by | Surya Cini Arts Sudev Release |
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| Running time | 193 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Thenmavin Kombath (English: Atop the Sweet Mango Tree) is a 1994 Malayalam musical drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan, produced and edited by N. Gopalakrishnan, and starring Mohanlal, Shobana, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sukumari, KPAC Lalitha, and Sankaradi. The cinematography was by K. V. Anand, and the score was composed by S. P. Venkatesh, with Berny-Ignatius doing the songs with lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery.
K. V. Anand and Sabu Cyril won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Music directors Berny-Ignatius bagged the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music.[1] R.D. Burman was initially signed in as the music director for the film, as revealed by Burman himself in an interview to journalists in Cochin, during his visit to the city, just a few weeks before his death. But he died before he could complete the compositions of the film, and was later replaced.
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Plot [edit]
The story revolves around Manikyan (Mohanlal), Sreekrishnan(Nedumudi Venu) and Karthumbi (Shobana) and the love triangle between them. Manikyan works for Sreekrishnan and Sreekrishnan sees him like a brother. Once when they both are returning from a Mela after shopping, Sreekrishnan sees Karthumbi and gets attracted. But then a fight erupts there and they all have to flee. Sreekrishnan flees alone while Manikyan has to take Karthumbi with him. At night, he flees in the opposite direction and so loses his way. Karthumbi knows the way back but she pretends as if she does not know it and enjoys the fun. Manikyan has to struggle to get out of that place. During that time they fall in love.
Once they are back in Manikyan's village, Sreekrishnan proposes her and plans to get married to her. Manikyan can not resist because Sreekrishnan is like an elder brother to him. But Karthumbi opposes. When Sreekrishnan gets to know about this, he gets angry and Manikyan becomes his enemy and he tries to take revenge. Finally Sreekrishnan understands his mistakes ad he marries the woman who has been loving him for so long while Manikyan unites with Karthumbi.
The movie became a megahit at kerala box office it ran 150 days in erklm shenayees with 25lakh gross .167 days run at tvm 27lakh gross in theatrs and declared top grosser in 1994.
Cast [edit]
- Manikyan – Mohanlal
- Karthumbi – Shobhana
- Sreekrishnan Thampuran – Nedumudi Venu
- Ginjimood Gandhari – Sukumari
- Yeshodhamma – Kaviyoor Ponnamma
- Appakala – Sreenivasan
- Kannayyan – Sankaradi
- Karthu – KPAC Lalitha
- Chakkutty – Kuthiravattom Pappu
- Chinnu – Geetha Vijayan
- Nandhu
Soundtrack [edit]
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| Soundtrack album by Berny-Ignatius | ||||
| Released | 1994 (India) | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
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Berny-Ignatius composed the film's songs and Girish Puthenchery wrote the lyrics. The soundtrack won that year's Kerala State Film Award.
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
| 1 | "Nila Pongal" | Malgudi Subha | 3:31 |
| 2 | "Karutha Penne" | M.G. Sreekumar, K.S. Chitra | 4:47 |
| 3 | "Maanam Thelinge" | M.G. Sreekumar, K.S. Chitra | 4:04 |
| 4 | "Kallipoonkuyile" | M.G. Sreekumar | 4:17 |
| 5 | "Ente Manasinoru" | M.G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | 4:11 |
Remakes [edit]
The film was remade in Hindi cinema by Priyadarshan as Saat Rang Ke Sapne (1998). It was remade in kannada as "Sahukara" with Ravichandran. This film was partially remade later in Tamil as Muthu (1995) with Rajinikanth and Meena.
Awards [edit]
- Best Popular Film
- Best Art Director – Sabu Cyril
- Best Music Director- Berny-Ignatius
- Second Best Actress – Kaviyoor Ponnamma
References [edit]
- ^ Malayalamcinema.com, Official website of AMMA, Malayalam cinema news, Malayalam cinema actors,Actress, Upcoming Malayalam movies. Malayalamcinema.com (1985-10-26). Retrieved on 2012-02-02.
