Heart Beats (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Heart Beats
| image = Heart Beats (film).jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Vinu Anand
| producer =
| writer = Babu Janardanan
| narrator =
| starring = {{unbulleted list||Indrajith Sukumaran|Simran|Manikuttan|Govindankutty|Anoop Chandran}}
| music = George Peter
| cinematography = Jibu Jacob
| editing = Ranjan Abraham
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2007}}
| runtime = 116 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Heart Beats is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language romantic film starring Indrajith Sukumaran and Simran.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Indrajith Sukumaran as Binoy Idikkula
- Simran as Thangam George
- Biju Menon as Basheer Ahmed
- Manikuttan as Isaac
- Govindankutty as Harikuttan Nair
- Anoop Chandran as Balan
- Venu Nagavally as Prof Abraham Koshi
- Cochin Haneefa as Plaparambil Isaac
- Arundhathi B as Haritha
- Urmila Unni as Nancy, Binoy's mother
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Principal Dr. Jacob Isaac
- Arun Narayanan
- Vijayakumari as Therutha Chedathi
- Tini Tom as Sub Inspector Vijayan
- T. P. Madhavan as Sreedharan Nair
- Sudheer Sukumaran as Sajin
- E. A. Rajendan as Gopi
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Hari's mother
- Valsala Menon as Hari's Grandmother
- Soorya J Menon as Idikkula’s lover
- Manasa in a special appearance
}}
Production
Simran reportedly okayed the film team after they reduced the size of her role.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowrunning.com/news/tamil/glam-girl-simran-happy-playing-mom-on-screen/15785/story.htm|title=Glam girl Simran happy playing mom on screen|date=26 May 2008|work=IANS|via=Nowrunning|access-date=3 October 2023|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013021057/https://www.nowrunning.com/news/tamil/glam-girl-simran-happy-playing-mom-on-screen/15785/story.htm|url-status=live}} Indrajith Sukumaran plays a rich spoilt brat while Simran plays a mystery woman.{{Cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/05sld1.htm|title=Meet Simran's new hero|work=Rediff.com|date=5 June 2007|author=Vijay|access-date=16 September 2024}} Simran said that the film is not a typical campus story.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains 5 songs, all composed by George Peter and Lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.
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! # !! Title !! Singer(s) |
| 1
| "Hey Mizhi Mazha (D)" |
| 2
| "Hey Mizhi Mazha [F]" |
| 3
| "Nadiye" | Vidhu Prathap, George Peter, Sruthi, Swapna |
| 4
| "Om Giridhaari" | Karthik, Kalyani Menon |
| 5
| "Va Kozhi" | George Peter, Jassie Gift, Kalyani Menon, Pradeep Palluruthy, Sarina, Sruthi |
Reception
A critic from Sify wrote that "The trouble with the film is that it does not have a structured storyline and has continuity lags".{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14507258&ctid=5&cid=2428|title=Heart Beats|work=Sify|date=|access-date=3 October 2023|archive-date=3 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403210001/http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14507258&ctid=5&cid=2428|url-status=live}} A critic from webindia123 wrote that "Ultimately, Heartbeats ends up as just another wannabe Classmates".{{Cite web|url=https://www.webindia123.com/movie/regional/aug2007/heartbeats/index.htm|title=Heart Beats Malayalam Movie review-Heart Beats film review-Heart Beats review-Heart Beats review|work=webindia123|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411071800/https://www.webindia123.com/movie/regional/aug2007/heartbeats/index.htm|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1102223}}