Darvinte Parinamam

Darvinte Parinamam
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Directed by	Jijo Antony
Written by	Jijo Antony Manoj Nair
Produced by	Prithviraj Santhosh Sivan Arya Shaji Nadesan
Starring	Prithviraj Sukumaran Chandini Sreedharan Chemban Vinod Jose Hannah Reji Koshy Balu Varghese
Cinematography	Abinandhan Ramanujam
Music by	Sankar Sharma
Production company	August Cinema
Distributed by	August Cinema
Release date	18 March 2016
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Darvinte Parinamam (English: The Evolution of Darvin) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Jijo Antony. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Chandini Sreedharan, Chemban Vinod Jose, and Balu Varghese in the lead roles. Written by Manoj Nair, it revolves around the life of an ordinary man and a local goon, and how their lives are affected by some unfortunate events. The soundtrack and background score for the film is composed by Shankar Sharma. The film started rolling in Fort Kochi from 1 October 2015.

Produced jointly by Prithviraj, Santhosh Sivan, Arya, and Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema, Darvinte Parinamam was released on 18 March 2016.

Cast

• Prithviraj Sukumaran as Anil Anto
• Chemban Vinod Jose as 'Gorilla' Darwin
• Chandini Sreedharan as Amala Anil
• Hannah Reji Koshy as Ancy
• Shammi Thilakan as Ayyappan
• Sudhi Koppa as Apunni
• Nandhu
• Jaffer Idukki
• Balu Varghese as Ravi
• Soubin Shahir as Willy
• Mamukkoya
• Dharmajan Bolgatty
• Sajid Yahya
• Adv. Sabu
• Murugan
• Manivarnan
• Sethu Lekshmi
• Pradeep Kottayam
• Hareesh VR
• Vavita Vijayan as Princy
• Akshara Kishor

Music

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The original songs were composed by Shankar Sharma, who had sung Athala Pithala song in Double Barrel (2015). Songs are labelled by Satyam Audios and was released on 3 March 2016.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ta Ta Ta Tang"	P S Rafeeq	Nakul Krishnamoorthi	3:26
2.	"Kathangal Kinavil"	Harinarayanan B K	Haricharan	3:52
3.	"Manjin Kurunne"	P S Rafeeq	Vijay Yesudas	2:54
4.	"Oh Puniyala"	Arun Ittianath & Pious Guit	Arun Ittianath, Arun Haridas Kamath, Aashima Mahajan, Niyati Kaul, Pious Guit & Sankar Sharma	2:56
Total length:				12:28

Production

Directed by Jijo Antony of Konthayum Poonoolum. Prithviraj Sukumaran and Chemban Vinod Jose does the lead roles, while Chandini Sreedharan was selected as the female lead against Prithviraj. Prithviraj, Santhosh Sivan, Arya, and Shaji Nadesan signed to produce the film under the production and distribution company August Cinema. Filming commenced on 1 October at Fort Kochi in Ernakulam.

Critical Reception

The Times of India rated it 3.0 out of 5.0 and said Director Jijo Anthony's Darvinte Parinamam might have a formulaic story of the protagonist leading a happy life till a villain wreaks havoc. The hero then evolves and seeks salvation. What makes this film different is the perspective from which it is intentionally told. The story and concept hold promise, but the execution falters due to the lack of clarity in the script and direction. The emotional turmoil that Prithviraj's character undergoes after a tragedy obviously has the audience rooting for him and sympathizing less for Darvin. The latter's perspective, crudely shown, seems diluted to glorify the movie's apparent hero.

Nowrunning rated it 2 out of 5 and said that 'Darvinte Parinamam' does put forward the buoyant suggestion every now and then that something better is lying in wait just round the corner. But it carries on babbling continually, almost as if not knowing when to stop, and at the end of it all, is left with nothing but a few sparsely delightful moments here or there.

External links

• Darvinte Parinamam at IMDb