Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam
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| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Written by | Sreenivasan |
| Produced by | M. Mani |
| Starring | Mohanlal Menaka Jagathy Sreekumar Nedumudi Venu Mamukkoya Sukumari Kunjandi Sreenivasan |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | V. P. Krishnan |
| Music by | Shyam Chunakkara (lyrics) |
Production company | Sunitha Productions |
| Distributed by | Aroma |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam is a 1986 Malayalam language satirical comedy-drama written by Sreenivasan and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Menaka, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu, Mamukkoya, Sukumari, Kunjandi, Sreenivasan, Innocent and K. P. A. C. Sunny in major roles.[1][2][3] It won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues.
Plot
The film is a socio-centric story of education system that existed in the period 80's - 90's in Kerala. Divakaran, in search of a good job acquires fake certificates from Mysore TTC and becomes a teacher in a government aided lower primary school run by a corrupt manager. The thatched school is deplorable in every conditions. Children mainly comes for the food that is served. The teachers come mainly for getting the money and do not care about the kids or the facilities in the school. The corrupt manager runs the school as a business for getting grants and making money from appointments. In the climax the hero relaises his mistake from guilt which was seeded by his father and took form when the dilapidated school causes death of 3 students. In the turn of events Divakaran surrenders to police for using a fake teaching certificate. The narration is typical "Sreenivasan" style, through a cozy blanket of comedy, he explains the socioeconomic & political milieu existing in Kerala through a set of events. It is a relevant movie since contemporary incidents of the same nature are revealed through newspapers and increasing day by day even in the 21st century.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Divakaran
- Menaka as Sujatha( Voice dubbed by Bhagyalakshmi )
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Nanu Mash
- Nedumudi Venu as Kunjan Nair , Head master
- Mamukkoya as Koya , teacher
- Sukumari as teacher
- Kunjandi as Govindankutty Mash, Divakaran's father
- Sreenivasan as Vijayan Mash
- Innocent as MLA
- K.P.A.C. Sunny as Nambiar (School manager)
- Kozhikode Santha Devi as Divakaran's mother
- Paravoor Bharathan as "Karyasthan"
- Jagannatha Varma as AEO
- Kiran G.nath
- Thodupuzha Vasanthi as Nambiar's wife
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Shyam and lyrics was written by Chunakkara Ramankutty.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Aamarameemarathil | K. J. Yesudas, Chorus | Chunakkara Ramankutty | |
| 2 | Ponnin kinavukal | K. J. Yesudas, Ashalatha | Chunakkara Ramankutty |
References
- ^ "Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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