Aham (film)
| Aham | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rajeevnath |
| Screenplay by | Venu Nagavally |
| Story by | Rajeevnath |
| Produced by | P. K. R. Pillai |
| Starring | Mohanlal Urvasi Ramya Krishna |
| Cinematography | Santhosh Sivan Venu |
| Edited by | Ravi |
| Music by | Raveendran |
Production company | Sreesankara Arts |
| Distributed by | Shirdi Sai Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Aham (transl. Self) is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Rajeevnath and written by Venu Nagavally from a story by Rajeevnath. The film stars Mohanlal, Urvasi, and Ramya Krishna. The soundtrack was composed by Raveendran and cinematography was handled by Santhosh Sivan and Venu. The film has one more brilliant performance by Mohanlal. His performance is one that makes us hate him, love him, feel sorry for him. The screenplay makes each incident humorous while expressing the seriousness of his behavior. It is a one time watch for retrospection and shows repercussions of narrow mindedness and self obsession.
Plot
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Aham means ego or false pride. The film revolves around Sidharthan (Mohanlal), a man who has different outlook to life. He wants to be perfect in every thing that he does and even wants people around him to accept the way he thinks. He works in a bank as a manager and is very strict with his staff. He is also very narrow minded and looks at every one else's behavior with doubt and prejudice. He doubts the relationship between his wife and her friend Mahendran to the extent that he goes and beats up Mahendran and warns him from ever entering his house to meet Ranjini. His wife (Urvasi) is not able to adjust with his crazy lifestyle. She wants to become self-reliant but this creates suspicion in Siddharthan's mind. On his birthday when Urvashi out of her earnings from a part time job (that Siddarth is unaware of) buys him a tie, he doubts her of infidelity and in a resulting argument and the subsequent struggle Ranjini falls down the stairs and goes into a coma. Siddharthan lose his mental balance. Later he ends up in a mental asylum, where he writes a diary recounting and recollecting the deeds that he has done and repents for it.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Sidharthan
- Urvasi as Renjini Pilla
- Ramya Krishna as Mariyana Varghese
- Vaishnavi as Vimala Mathews
- Neena Gupta as Mother Nobble
- Suresh Gopi as Capt. Mahedran (cameo)
- Nedumudi Venu as Keshavan Pilla
- Jagathy Sreekumar as M.P Kidappadam ( M.P.K)
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Marfee Markose
- Adoor Pankajam as Mariyamma
- Karamana Janardanan Nair as Kutti Sahib
- Vijayaraghavan as Pathrose
- Pujappura Ravi as Warrier
- Kunchan as Judy Fernadez
- Rajeev Nath as Dr.Menon
- Vasudevan Paravattom as Sidharthan's father (cameo)
- Swapna Ravi as Usha
- Usharani as Achamma Tharakan
- K.P.A.C. Sunny as Tharakan
- M. G. Soman as K.P Pilla
- Rajeev Rangan as Mathews (Cameo Appearance)
- T. P. Madhavan as Cameo Appearance
- Nandhu as Cameo Appearance
- Jagannathan as Cameo Appearance
Soundtrack
| Aham | ||||
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| Released | 25 September 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Popular music | |||
| Length | 21:00 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Ranjini Cassettes | |||
| Producer | Rajeevnath | |||
| Raveendran chronology | ||||
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Raveendran composed the film's original soundtrack, the lyrics were written by Kavalam Narayana Panicker and Konniyoor Das. All songs was sung by K. J. Yesudas. The soundtrack which consists of 5 songs was released by the music label Ranjini Cassettes on 25 September 1992.[1][2]
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aadhi Madhya" | K. J. Yesudas | 04:29 |
| 2. | "Muhurtham" | K. J. Yesudas | 04:12 |
| 3. | "Nanni Arodu Njan" | K. J. Yesudas | 03:36 |
| 4. | "Nirangale" | K. J. Yesudas | 04:36 |
| 5. | "Urangunna" | K. J. Yesudas | 04:07 |
| Total length: | 20:00 | ||
Accolades
- Best Cinematography - Santhosh Sivan, Venu
- Best Processing Lab - Vijaya Colur Lab
References
- ^ Ranjini Cassettes (25 September 1992). "Aham (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Raveendran on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "റിസൾട്ടിനേക്കാൾ സംതൃപ്തി ആഗ്രഹിച്ച ചലച്ചിത്രകാരൻ". Deepika (in Malayalam). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (1992). "State Film Awards - 1992". Department of Information and Public Relations. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.