Sound Thoma
| Sound Thoma | |
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 Theatrical Release Poster | |
| Directed by | Vyshakh |
| Written by | Benny P Nayarambalam |
| Produced by | Anoop |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Shaji |
| Edited by | Mahesh Narayanan |
| Music by | Gopi Sundar Rajeev Alunkal(lyrics) |
Production company | Priyanjali Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | 5.75 cr[1] |
| Box office | 10.50 cr[2] |
Sound Thoma (Malayalam : സൗണ്ട് തോമ) is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Vyshakh. It features Dileep playing a character with a cleft lip and defective voice while Mukesh, Saikumar, and Namitha Pramod portray supporting roles. The film, produced by Anoop, features background score and soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar with cinematography handled by Shaji Kumar.
Plot
The film opens with the birth Thoma (Dileep). Thoma's mother dies while giving birth to him, and he also suffers from a cleft lip and vocal cord deformity. Thoma's father is the very rich Plapparambil Paulo (Saikumar) a man known for loansharking, greed, stinginess, and evicting people for inability to pay back the loan and forcing foreclosure. Paulo was reluctant to spend money for his son's surgery. Paulo has two elder sons—the eldest Plapparambil Mathai (Mukesh) and the younger son, Joykutty (Shiju).
Mathai falls in love with a Muslim girl(Rashmi Boban)and marries her, causing Paulo to kick him out of their house. Mathai moves to his wife's house, converts to Islam, and begins a new life as a fishmonger.
Paulo anticipating his son Joykutty to fetch 2 crore rupees as a dowry and is searching for a wife for him, but is unsuccessful because no one wants to send a girl into Paulo's home because of his bad reputation as a heartless money lender. In order to change his reputation, Thoma has an idea—Paulo should conduct a group wedding for five orphan girls and show that he is a charitable man. During the course of the wedding, Paulo's plans go astray.Joy marries an orphan girl when one of the grooms runs away. Paulo kicks Joy out of the house.
Later it is revealed that Sindhu, the orphan girl whom joykutty married, were in a relationship. Joykutty begged to Thoma to conduct his and Sindhu's marriage. Moreover, Sindhu was pregnant when Joy begged to conduct the marriage.
In the end, Paulo allows his sons to enter the house. Sreelakshmi (Namitha Pramod) also agrees for her marriage to Thoma, who loved her more than his life and the film ends happily.
Cast
- Dileep as Plapparambil Thoma
- Mukesh as Plapparambil Mathai/Musthafa
- Saikumar as Plapparambil Paulo
- Namitha Pramod as Sreelakshmi
- Nedumudi Venu as Manikunju
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Uruppadi
- Vijayaraghavan as Bhagavathar
- Shiju as Plapparambil Joykutty
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Sabu
- Reshmi Boban as Mathai/Musthafa's wife
- Dharmajan
- Ambika Mohan as SI Rajesh's aunt
- Soja Jolly
- Subbaraju as SI Rajesh
- Joju George
- Balachandran Chullikad as Dr. George Joseph
- Subbalakshmi
Soundtrack
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The soundtrack was composed by Gopi Sundar, with lyrics by Murugan Kattakada, Nadirsha, Rajeev Alunkal.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kandal Njanoru" (Thoma style) | Nadirsha | Dileep | 03:47 |
| 2. | "Kanni Penne" | Murugan Kattakada | Shankar Mahadevan, Rimi Tomy | 04:30 |
| 3. | "Oru Kaaryam" | Rajeev Alunkal | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 06:02 |
| 4. | "Ambili Maame" (title song) | Murukan Kattakada | Resmi Sateesh, Chorus | 02:35 |
| 5. | "Kandal Njanoru" (Thoma style) | Instrumental | Karaoke | 03:46 |
| 6. | "Kanni Penne" | Instrumental | Karaoke | 04:47 |
| 7. | "Oru Kaaryam" | Instrumental | Karaoke | 05:01 |
| Total length: | 27:58 | |||
Reception
With an aggregate review score of 3/5 at "Reviewbol.com", the film earned mixed reviews from critics while response from the audience was generally positive. The film ultimately went on to become a box-office success and ran for over a 100 days.[3]
Unni R. Nair of Kerala9.com rated the film 
and said that the film was "OK for Dileep fans and the family audience".[4] Theaterbalcony gave it a total score of 57% on 100.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.cineshore.com/boxoffice/year-end-report-malayalam-films-2013/
- ^ http://www.cineshore.com/boxoffice/year-end-report-malayalam-films-2013/
- ^ "Sound Thoma Reviewbol Boxoffice listings". reviewbol.com. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.[dead link]
- ^ Unni R. Nair (6 April 2013). "Sound Thoma Review". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Sound Thoma Review". theaterbalcony.com.