Cinema Company
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| Directed by | Mamas |
| Written by | Mamas |
| Produced by | Fareed Khan |
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| Cinematography | Jibu Jacob |
| Edited by | Sreekumar Nair |
| Music by | Alphons Joseph |
Production company | Whitesands Media House |
| Distributed by | Whitesands Media House Vaishakha Cynyma |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Cinema Company is a 2012 Malayalam romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mamas and starring mainly newcomers. Basil, Sanjeev, Shruthi and Badri play the roles of four intimate friends who dream to make a film.
Plot
Paul Cheriyan was ready to go to his office for work when suddenly he saw many people going to the building in which he lives. He asks about it to a watchman who says that a boy has died due to an accident. He and his friends were together. Their mournings are cursing themselves. Paul went there and came back to his apartment thinking about where his friends might be now.
He took a photograph in which he and his friends were included. He thinks about them. First Parvathy or Paru who carries a uke lela with her always. She sings jingles for radios. Then he thought about Varghese Panicker. A rich friend of his. Wants to become a director and always carries a scetch pad and a camera. His next thought was about Fazal or Ikka. A writer. His many books have got many awards. He has a love with Roshini a rich girl. Paul then thinks about him. He wanted to become an actor. He is also called Pollachan. The four friends as they strive to give life to their dream cinema. And how their lives are upturned as the cinema becomes their life.
He returns to Kochi which was the place where their dreams were born and died. He finds all his friends and they again makes the cinema which was a wonderful hit.
Thus the film proves that friendship can cause world histories.
Cast
- Basil as Paul
- Sanjeev as Varghese Panikkar
- Shruthi as Parvathi aka Paru
- Badri as Fazal aka Ikka
- Sanam as Deepika, Paul's girlfriend
- Lakshmi as Roshni, Fazal's girlfriend
- Kottayam Nazeer as Sayippu, production controller
- Lalu Alex as Roshni's father
- T. P. Madhavan as Military uncle
- Baburaj as Sabu, the movie-loving thug
- Shibla as Fasna
- Swasika as Reena
- Krishna as Johnny, a media-man and Reena's life partner[1]
- Nithin as Rajeev, the actor
- Narayanankutty as the autodriver
- Unni Sivapal as a film director
- Biju Paravoor as a friend of the Cinema Company
- Ambika Mohan as Paul's mother
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Alphons Joseph, with lyrics penned by Rafeeq Ahammed, Santhosh Varma and Jagmeet Bal
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Thick Rap" | Alphons Joseph, Shelton Pinheiro, Mamas, Dalton | |
| 2. | "Cinema Company" | Ranjini Jose, Alphons Joseph | |
| 3. | "Nidhin" | Shreya Ghoshal | |
| 4. | "Sonee Lagdee" | Harshdeep Kaur, Alphons Joseph, Manjari | |
| 5. | "Vellil Paravakalai" | Karthik | |
| 6. | "Palavazhi" | Alphons Joseph | |
| 7. | "Aaromal – Unplugged" | Arun Raj |
References
- ^ Karthikeyan, Sruthi (June 22, 2012). "Krishna's avatars". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved July 1, 2012.