Lavender (2015 film)
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Altas T. Ali |
| Written by | Anoop Menon |
| Produced by | Jimmy Mathew Sanath Welgate Biju Rawthar Betty |
| Starring | Rahman Elham Mirza Nishan Anoop Menon Aju Varghese Kalpana Govind Padmasoorya |
| Cinematography | Binendra Menon Khalid Mohtaseb Jonathan Bregel |
| Edited by | Renjith Touchriver |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Lavender is a 2015 Malayalam romantic action drama film written by Anoop Menon and directed by Altas T. Ali, starring Rahman, Nishan, Anoop Menon, Govind Padmasoorya, Aju Varghese and Thalaivasal Vijay in the lead roles. Iranian theater artiste Elham Mirza debut as the heroine in the film.[1] The film is shot mostly in Thailand.[2] The film was released on 26 June 2015. The movie is loosely based on the Korean movie Daisy.
Cast
- Rahman as Ayaan/Ajay
- Elham Mirza as Isha
- Nishan as Siddarth
- Anoop Menon as Raghavan Moorthy
- Govind Padmasoorya as Kabir Abbas
- Aju Varghese as Raju
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Joseph Tharakan
- Delhi Ganesh as Isha's grandfather
- Kalpana as Janet
- Sudipto Balav as Sunny Tharakan
Plot
The film Lavender is a remake of the 2006 Korean-Hong Kong movie Daisy directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau of the Infernal Affairs trilogy. However, some changes are made in script and narration, and two new characters are introduced: Kabir Abbas, a budding film writer and his film actress friend.
The film is actually a scenic depiction of script written by Kabir Abbas(Govind Padmasoorya), as he narrates the story to his friend (Elham Mirza).
The story is happening at Bangkok, where Isha(Elham Mirza) is an artist who portrays sketches live. Ayaan (Rahman) is a resident migrated in fake name and has been residing there since then. Ayaan used to surprise Isha with bunch of lavender flowers in between. Incidentally Isha befriends Siddharth (Nishan), and mistakes him to be the person sending her Lavenders.
Isha had once been rescued, and taken to hospital after she had fallen off from a wooden bridge by someone whose identity is not yet unknown to her. Since then she has been searching for that person, and it was the same person who is presenting her with the Lavender flower bouquets now. When Isha tells that it is Siddharth who sends her the flowers, Siddharth doesn't bother to deny it, leaving Isha a feeling that it is Siddharth the person she was searching for. Siddharth reveals himself as a designer working in a graphic company. Matters go worse when Siddharth is being shot on a public place when he was with Isha. Isha also gets shot on her throat, and she was left there. Ayaan rushes to the spot and takes her to hospital. She recovers, however her voice is lost.
Ayaan then befriends Isha. However Isha reveals that she is already in love with Siddharth. They both then trace for Siddharth, however they could not find him. A recovered Siddharth, revealed to us as an Interpol officer, is being advised by his senior Raghavan(Anoop Menon) to forget his love and carry on with their duty. On her birthday, Ayaan visits her, and at the same time Siddharth also visits her, reveals her the truth that he is an Interpol officer and has been cheating her and take leave. He also notices Ayaan present there.
Based on orders from his boss Joseph Tharakan(Thalaivasal Vijay), Ayaan sets out to kill Siddharth. Despite having an opportunity of shooting Siddharth, Ayaan reveals to him that Isha still loves him and he will move out from their life. However then Siddharth is found shot to death. Isha is upset on hearing Siddharth's death. She is being consoled by Ayaan. Joseph assigns Ayaan to kill Raghavan. Ayaan was not willing to take it up. But as Joseph promises that it will be his last execution, and after that Ayaan will be free to live his own life, Ayaan takes up. Isha finds the photo of Siddharth and a gun in a brief case at Ayaans home and then concludes that Ayaan is the murderer of Siddharth and she blames him for doing the same. Grief-stricken, Ayaan surrenders to the Interpol. In a sequence of events, Isha comes to know the truth and rushes to have a glance on Ayaan. Where she protects Ayaan from a bullet and gets killed. Ayaan clears of Joseph and his colleagues and falls dead.
The story narration ends there and Kabir bids farewell to his friend after the narration. On a later day, he is surprised to see a bunch of lavender flowers on his doorstep.
Promotion
Tamil actor Suriya promoted the film in the audio launch function held in Lulu Mall, Kochi on 24 May 2015.[3]
Music
Sidharth Mahadevan, son of singer and music director Shankar Mahadevan sings a song in Malayalam for the first time. Sidharth sings "Cherathe Cherathe..." composed by Deepak Dev. The lyrics are penned by Rafeeq Ahamed. The other songs are sung by Vijay Yesudas, Amal Antony Agustin, Kavya Ajith, and Ajmal.[4]
References
- ^ Shruti Karthikeyan (7 April 2015). "Iranian artiste Elham Mirza in awe of Kerala". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ Deepa Soman (11 March 2015). "Anoop, Padmasoorya, Rahman to share screen space next". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ IANS (24 May 2015). "Ahead of 'Masss' release, Suriya to promote Rahman's 'Lavender' in Kochi". IBN Live. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ NR (24 March 2014). "Sidharth Mahadevan sings in Malayalam". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.