Ben Johnson (film)
| Ben Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anil C. Menon |
| Written by | T. A. Shahid |
| Screenplay by | T. A. Shahid |
| Produced by | Milan Jaleel |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Edited by | L Bhoominathan |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Galaxy Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Ben Johnson is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action-comedy sports police drama film, directed by Anil C. Menon and produced by Milan Jaleel. The film stars Kalabhavan Mani, Indraja, Siddique and Vijayaraghavan. The film had songs composed by Deepak Dev.[1][2][3] It was released in 24 June 2005. It was a breakthrough film for Kalabhavan Mani as an action hero, who had thenceforth acted in similar toned action films. It also marked the comeback of yesteryear heroine Ambika. It was one of the biggest hit films of 2005. The songs were well received, especially the song "Sona..Sona.." sung by Kalabhavan Mani and "Iniyum mizhikal nirayaruthe" by K.J. Yesudas. It was later dubbed in Odia as the same title.
Synopsis
Amarakaran Pathrose (Kalabhavan Mani) who is a name to reckon with in village Muthangakuzhi. He is the monarch of all that he surveys, thanks to his rough and ready methods. Fear stalks the village whenever he gets into ‘action’.
His son, Ben Johnson (Kalabhavan Mani) is everything that the fear-inspiring father is not. He goes out of the way to be nice to one and all. The effort is to erase the bad impression created by the father.And Johnson has always cherished a dream of becoming a policeman.
Ever since his childhood, Johnson has been good in sports. Thanks to his excellence in athletics, the villagers start calling him Ben Johnson because of his physical resemblance to the famously infamous Canadian athlete of yesteryears, Ben Johnson.
To cut a long story short, our Johnson manages to become a sub inspector in Kerala police, needless to say, under the sports quota! As destiny would have it, Johnson is posted as the SI in his own Muthangakuzhi. Now he is fired by a missionary zeal to rid the village of rowdies and baddies, both social as well as political.
Cast
- Kalabhavan Mani as S.I. Ben Johnson / Amarakkadan Pathrose
- Indraja as Gouri
- Siddique as SP Stephen Varghese
- Vijayaraghavan as Viswanathan MLA
- Madhu as Govinda Menon
- Harisree Ashokan as Constable Swami
- Kalasala Babu as Chandranthodi Madhava Menon
- Cochin Haneefa as ASI Eenashu
- Sukumari
- Ambika as Lakshmi
- Adithya Menon as Vettukadu Velayudhan
- Sadiq
- Innocent as Chief Minister
- Machan Varghese
- Vishnu Prasad
- Shruti
- Bheeman Raghu as Raghu
- I. M. Vijayan
- T. P. Madhavan as Minister
- Narayanankutty
- Abu Salim as Abu
- Chali Pala as Retd. DySP Parameshwaran
- Baiju Ezhupunna
- Ponnamma Babu
- Kalabhavan Haneef
- Nadirshah as Himself
Music
The music was composed by Deepak Dev, with lyrics written by Arjun Sasi and Kaithapram.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ben Johnson" | Arjun Sasi | Kaithapram, Arjun Sasi | |
| 2 | "Iniyum Mizhikal" | Sujatha Mohan | Kaithapram | |
| 3 | "Iniyum Mizhikal" (M) | K. J. Yesudas | Kaithapram | |
| 4 | "Munpe Munpe" | Deepak Dev, Arjun Sasi | Kaithapram, Arjun Sasi | |
| 5 | "Munpe Munpe" | Arjun Sasi | Kaithapram, Arjun Sasi | |
| 6 | "Pettayaadi" | Nadirsha, Sangeetha | Kaithapram | |
| 7 | "Sona Sona" | Kalabhavan Mani, Malgudi Subha | Kaithapram |
Box office
The film was one of the blockbuster film of the year.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Ben Johnson". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Ben Johnson". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Ben Johnson". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Must Watch". The Times of India. 19 May 2011.
- ^ "The best of Kalabhavan Mani: a tribute". Sify. 19 November 2017.
External links
- Ben Johnson at IMDb
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