Ottayal Pattalam
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ottayal Pattalam
| image = Ottayal Pattalam.jpg.jpg
| director = T. K. Rajeev Kumar
| producer =
| writer = T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Kalavoor Ravikumar
| starring = Mukesh
Innocent
Madhoo
| narrator =
| music = Sharreth
| cinematography = Sunny Joseph
| editing = Venugopal
| distributor = Century Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991}}
| runtime = 133 min
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
}}
Ottayal Pattalam ({{translation|One man army}}) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language caper comedy film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. The film stars Mukesh and Madhoo, with Innocent
and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in the supporting roles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/madhoo-happy-birthday/|title=Madhoo, happy birthday! {{!}} Bollywood Life|date=2013-03-26|website=www.bollywoodlife.com-EN|access-date=2019-07-24}}{{Citation|title=Ottayal Pattalam (1992)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/ottayal-pattalam/|access-date=2019-07-24}} Sharreth scored the music for the film.{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/music/2018/06/09/composer-sharreth-tuned-this-song-on-his-heartbreak-day.html|title=Composer Sharreth tuned this song on his heartbreak day|website=OnManorama|access-date=2019-07-24}}
Plot
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Venu is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistaken by the police as the kidnapper of Gopika Varma, an NRI girl. Venu tries to solve his problems and prove his innocence. Meanwhile, he stays out of the sight of the police by pretending to be a retired Colonel. Amidst his efforts to prove his innocence, he falls in love with Gopika. When she finds he is innocent and gets to know everything that has happened without his knowledge, she falls for him. How Venu proves his innocence forms the rest of the plot. The true kidnapper turns out to be an African national.
Cast
- Mukesh as Venu Gopalakrishnan/Col. R. K. Nair
- Madhoo as Gopika Varma/Indu
- Innocent as DIG Chandrashekara Menon
- KPAC Lalitha as SI Shoshamma
- Shammi Thilakan
- Antony (Kenyan) as Simon Antony
- Paravoor Bharathan as SI Bharghavan
- Vettukili Prakash as Velayudhan
- Edavela Babu
- Kalpana
- Bobby Kottarakkara as Makeup man
- Preethika
- Ranju
- Ravi Vallathol
- Asha Jayaram
- James
- Manimala as Matron
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Ottayal Pattalam
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Sharreth
| cover =
| border = yes
| released =
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length =
| language = Malayalam
| label =
| producer =
| prev_title = Kshanakkathu
| prev_year = 1990
| year = 1991
| next_title = Rudraksham
| next_year = 1992
}}
The film has two songs composed by Sharreth while the lyrics were written by P. K. Gopi.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/top-scorer/article3811667.ece|title=Top scorer|last=Kumar|first=P. K. Ajith|date=2012-08-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-24|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/radhika-thilak-death-10-songs-remember-deceased-playback-singer-647335|title=Radhika Thilak death: 10 songs to remember deceased playback singer|last=IBTimes|date=2015-09-21|website=International Business Times, India Edition|access-date=2019-07-24}} The song "Mayamanchalil" is an Evergreen song.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Manjakiliyude-Moolipattu-stops-abruptly/articleshow/49043603.cms|title=Manjakiliyude Moolipattu stops abruptly|website=The Times of India|date=21 September 2015 |access-date=2019-07-24}} The background score of the movie was by Johnson.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Track | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Mayamanchalil Ithu" | Radhika Thilak, G. Venugopal | | P. K. Gopi |
| "Thinthaktho" | G. Venugopal | | P. K. Gopi |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0235653}}
{{T. K. Rajeev Kumar}}
Category:1990s Malayalam-language films
Category:Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Category:Films scored by Sharreth
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