Runway (2004 film)

Runway
VCD cover of Runway
Directed by	Joshiy
Written by	Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas
Produced by	V. K. Naushad Mohandas
Starring	Dileep Indrajith Sukumaran Murali Harisree Ashokan Kavya Madhavan
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Songs: Suresh Peters Score: S. P. Venkatesh
Production company	N. N. S. Arts
Distributed by	Swargachithra
Release date	25 April 2004 (2004-04-25)
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹ 2.75 crore
Box office	₹ 21 crore

Runway is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Joshiy and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas. It stars Dileep, Indrajith Sukumaran, Murali, Kavya Madhavan and Harisree Ashokan. The film revolves around the Unni (Dileep) who due to financial problems becomes the renowned smuggler, Valayar Paramasivam, in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border check-post, Walayar. He works as a mafia king-pin Bhai (Murali).

The film was remade in Telugu as Nayakudu with Rajasekhar. In 2016, it was announced by Dileep that a sequel is in works, titled Valayar Paramasivam.

Plot

The film begins when Gopika (Kavya Madhavan) and her father (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) come to stay in a house where Bharathiyamma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) stays with her two children Balu Damodar (Indrajith Sukumaran) and Ambili(Suja Karthika). Bharathiyamma has one more elder son Unni Damodar(Dileep) who is working in Dubai. Unni tells his family that he is working in Gulf but in reality he runs illegal spirit business with Chandy Bhai (Murali) along with Achayan and Achuvettan in Valayar.

He accepts a four-year jail punishment actually the accused was Bhai. Unni, however confesses what he does, to Gopika whom his mother is insistent that he should marry. After leaving the jail Paramasivam (Unni) realizes that Bhai has been fall into a big debt because of the cheating of Chinnadan (Kalasala Babu) and his Sons. He then again goes to Valayar and thus saves Bhai and his family from debt with his wicked mind and tricks. He again rules spirit deals in Valayar area pulling the Chinnadans into trouble. Things change when Unni's brother Balu becomes a police officer. He got posting in Valayar area, where Unni and Bhai have become big-time rowdies.

In Valayar, Balu tries his level best to catch Valayar Paramasivam but does not know that it is none other than his brother; and fails in mind game played by Unni. This makes Bhai angry with Balu. But Paramasivam tells him to forgive Balu because he was his brother. In the meantime, Unni's family comes to know that he himself is Paramsivam, and he is ousted from his family. Later, Chinadan kills Bhai's only son Johny and blames Balu as the real killer. This made Bhai very desperate and wants to kill Balu. Bhai kidnaps him. On knowing this, Paramasivam goes to save his brother Balu and informs Bhai that the actual killer was SP (Shammi Thilakan) by identifying the ring marks in Johny's face.

Paramasivam then confesses him that he will not lie to his bhai. After realizing the innocence of Balu Damodar, Bhai and Paramasivam plans to kill the Chinnadans by sending Gas and Spirit into their house after locking all the door with nail and sending a toy which blasts when functioned switch is pressed. The film moves to the climax, where it is shown that Paramasivam gets acquitted from all their cases since Bhai has pleaded guilty to all the crimes. He wants Paramasivam to return as Unni to his family and lead a normal life with them.

Cast

• Dileep as Unni Damodhar/Valayar Paramasivam
• Indrajith as Balu Damodhar
• Murali as Bhai/Chandy,a mafia kingpin
• Harisree Ashokan as Porinju (Unni's Friend)
• Kavya Madhavan as Gopika
• Cochin Haneefa as Divakaran
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Bharathi Amma
• Shammi Thilakan as SP Viswanathan
• Riyaz Khan as Chinnadan Babu, son of Chinnadan Varkey
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Kariyachan
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Krishnan Nair
• Kalasala Babu as Chinnadan Varkey
• Mithun Ramesh as Johny (Chandy's son)
• Mohan Jose as Achuvettan
• Santhosh as Achayan
• Kalabhavan Shajon as Bhai Gang member
• Nandu Poduval as Bhai Gang member
• Suja Karthika as Ambili
• Ambika Mohan as Chandy's Wife
• Vishnu Prasad
• Bhavana Guest Appearance in Osalama song

Crew

• Cinematography – P. Sukumar
• Editing – Ranjan Abraham
• Art direction – Joseph Nellikkal
• Makeup – Shankar
• Costumes – Manoj Alappuzha
• Choreography – Prasannan
• Stunts – A. R. Pasha and Pazhaniraj
• Stills – Ajith V. Sankar
• Effects – Sethu
• Sound engineer – N. Harikumar
• DTS mixing – Lakshmi Narayanan
• PRO – Vazhoor Jose
• Production controller – K. Mohanan
• Production – Nandu Pothuval
• Liaison – Augustine
• Associate cameraman – M. K. Vasanth Kumar

Music

Runway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album to Runway by Suresh Peters and S. P. Venkatesh
Released	25 April 2004
Recorded	2004
Venue	Thiruvananthapuram
Studio	Chithranjali, Trivandrum
Genre	Film score
Length	27:20
Language	Malayalam
Label	Satyam Audios
Producer	Songs: Suresh Peters Background score: S. P. Venkatesh
Suresh Peters chronology
Thenkasi Pattanam (2002) Runway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004) Mazhathullikkilukkam (2004)
External audio Audio Jukebox on YouTube
S. P. Venkatesh chronology
Vajram (2004) Runway (2004) Mambazhakkalam (2004)
Singles from Runway
"Pulariyiloru Poothinkal" Released: 25 April 2004 "Nadiye Nile Nadiye" Released: 25 April 2004

Runway consists of 6 songs, including one instrumental version, were composed by Suresh Peters and the Original background music is scored by S. P. Venkatesh.All the lyrics were penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Pulariyiloru Poothinkal(Raga:Kalyani)"	K. S. Chithra	4:56
2.	"Nadiye Nile Nadiye"	Vidhu Prathap, Sujatha Mohan	4:22
3.	"Oh Salama Ailesa"	Karthik	4:05
4.	"Shaba Shaba"	Afsal, Sunitha Sarathy	5:42
5.	"Jathi Dance"	Instrumental	3:20
6.	"Pattu Vennilavu"	Suresh Peters, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Sunanda	4:55
Total length:			27:20

Box office

The film was a blockbuster in box office .

External links

• Runway at IMDb