Mazhayathu

Mazhayathu is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age family drama film written and directed by Suveeran.[4] Produced under the banner Spellbound Films Inc. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Nikesh Ram, Aparna Gopinath, Nandhana Varma, Shanthi Krishna, Manoj K Jayan, Sunil Sukhada, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Nandhu, Sivaji Guruvayoor, Sreeya Remesh and Reshmi Boban.

Mazhayathu[1][2]
Directed bySuveeran
Produced bySpellbound Filmc Inc
Written bySuveeran
StarringNikesh Ram
Aparna Gopinath
Nandhana Varma
Manoj K Jayan
Shanthi Krishna
Sunil Sukhada
Santhosh Keezhattoor
Sivaji Guruvayoor
Narrated byNandhana Varma
Music byGopi Sunder
CinematographyMuralikrishnan
Edited byVijayakumar
Production
company
Spellbound Release
Distributed bySpellbound Release
Release date
  • 25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)[3]
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

The story revolves around a Malayali middle-class family consists of Venugopal ( played by Nikesh Ram ),[5] Anitha (played by Aparna Gopinath), and their daughter Sreelakshmi alias Ummi (played by Nandhana Varma).The couple, Venugopal and Anita, though there are usual tiffs between the husband and the wife, lead a healthy family life. Anita strives to be independent and tries to find a job for herself to be so. Venugopal is a government employee. Venugopal's love for his daughter Ummi knows no bounds. As far as Ummi is concerned she needs her father's help for every single thing she does. One day, an incident shakes the whole family and the happy life ends. Venugopal fails to make out the reason for people's angry reactions on seeing him. He is thunder struck on realizing the reason for the reaction of the people. The present day news stories appear in different media in Kerala which are replete with related cases add which fueling to spreading rumours.

Cast

Production

Development

After the success of Athithi in Tamil, this is the second movie under production by Spellbound Films Inc. Their third movie is under production simultaneously in Tamil titled "MichaelPatty Rasavum Dubai Rosavum", which is ready to release in May 2018. This movie was initially heard that, Mammootty was engaged to do the male lead Venugopal's role with another production company. But, the project didn't realised because the production company backed off due to Mammootty's poor performance in the box office for his recent movies. Then, Suveeran contacted, spellbound films and contracted to do the movie.

Filming

The filming of Mazhayathu<[6] started in 30 August 2017 in a village named Kuttiady in Vadakara. The shoot went on for 30days in Vadakara and then the crew moved to Kannur district to complete the later part. In Kannur the shoot went on for 15days and few scenes were shot in Ernakulam and Chennai. Then the post production work started by end of November, 2017.

Music

The soundtrack features two songs composed by Gopi Sunder. There's two beautiful tracks composed by Gopi Sundar despite the market rumor of him composing songs which has resemblances to hit songs in other languages. The Audio was released on 16 April 2018 in Crowne Plaza Hotel Dubai.

Track list
Track Name Singer Lyrics Length Notes
"Akalumbol" Vijay Yesudas[7] Sivadas Purameri 3:00
"Aaro Varunnathai " Divya S. Menon Sivadas Purameri 4:00

Release

The film was released on 25 May 2018[8] The film received mixed reviews and many had views on the climax in regards to not revealing the culprit. But, the whole mood and making of the movie gave a different experience to the viewers.[9]

Critical reception

Times of India Rating 3/5[10] Book my show users have reviews as four stars where critics reviewed it for 3stars and 69% likings towards the movie[11] IMDB rated the movie with 7.3stars[2]

Awards and nominations
Year Film Award Category Result Ref.
2018 Mazhayathu Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival TINFF Toronto Canada Best Actor Nikesh Ram Won [12]
Overcome Film Festival California USA Best Actor Nikesh Ram Won [13]
Asiavision Awards Dubai Best Actor Nikesh Ram Won [14]
Medellin International Film Festival Colombia Best International Movie Mazhayathu Won

References
  1. "പെൺകു‌‌ട്ടികളുള്ള മാതാപിതാക്കൾ ഈ സിനിമ കാണണം; മഴയത്ത് ട്രെയിലര്‍".
  2. "Mazhayathu". 25 May 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. https://in.bookmyshow.com/pune/movies/mazhayathu/ET00074437
  4. "സുവീരന്റെ 'മഴയത്ത്'; ടീസർ".
  5. "മഴയത്ത്' ടീസര്‍ ശ്രദ്ധേയമാകുന്നു--Video - Samayam Malayalam". https://malayalam.samayam.com. External link in |website= (help)
  6. >https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?8664
  7. "വിജയ് യേശുദാസിന്റെ ആലാപനം, മഴയത്ത് ഗാനമെത്തി--Video - Samayam Malayalam". https://malayalam.samayam.com. External link in |website= (help)
  8. "Suveeran's Mazhayathu to release on May 25 - Times of India".
  9. https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/uae-residents-produce-malayalam-film-mazhayathu-1.2228970=. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Mazhayathu Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos - eTimes". m.timesofindia.com.
  11. BookMyShow. "Mazhayathu Movie (2018) - Reviews, Cast & Release Date in Ottapalam - BookMyShow". BookMyShow.
  12. "tinff - Fullscreen Page". tinff.
  13. "Overcome Film Festival". overcomefilmfestival.modifiergroup.com.
  14. "Asiavision Awards in Dubai: The winners". gulfnews.com.
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