Salt Mango Tree
Salt Mango Tree is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Rajesh Mohanan, starring Biju Menon, Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli and Suhasini Maniratnam.[1] The film is a remake of the 2014 Bengali film Ramdhanu [2] and the title is taken from the Mohanlal starrer Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam (1986).[3] The film released on 6 November 2015.
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| Directed by | Rajesh Mohanan |
| Produced by | Abeesh V. P. Roshan Chittoor Shajoon Kariyal |
| Screenplay by | Vinod & Vinod |
| Starring | Biju Menon Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli Suhasini Maniratnam Paris Laxmi Indrans Sarayu Sudheer Karamana Hareesh Perumanna |
| Music by | Hesham Abdul Wahab Background score: Bijibal |
| Cinematography | Vishnu Sarma |
| Edited by | E. S. Sooraj |
Production company | 1000 Lights Entertainments |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films Kas & Right Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
It is a hearty family entertainment story of a couple running the rat race for better schools for their one and only child. The backbone of the story relies on resilience and values that a family can and provides. It critically asks bigger questions like whether right to education is anymore accessible and affordable as one wishes. Aravindan and Priya are the couple fighting with the education system to find a place for their son Ashwin. Deepika Mme, comes as a guiding hand for the family. Ultimately the family ends with a realization that happiness and love inside the family is more important than anything and it is not something to be bartered.
Cast
- Biju Menon as Aravind
- Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli as Priya Aravind
- Aswin varkachaan as Manu
- Hareesh Perumanna as Shafeeque
- Suhasini Maniratnam as Deepika
- Saiju Kurup as Praveen
- Paris Lakshmi as Angela Praveen
- Indrans as Pavithran
- Babu Swamy as Menon sir
- Jayaprakash Kuloor as Appooppan
- Sarayu as Meenakshi Mohan kumar
- Manju Satheesh as Treesa Chacko
- Sudheer Karamana as Mohan kumar
- Elizabath as Ammoomma
- Sunil Sukhada as Kumar sir
- Raghavan as Swami
- Vijay Menon as Vice Principal
- Pradeep Kottayam as Sameer
- Kottayam Purushan as Biju
- Saiju Panikkar as Chacko
- Lakshmi Menon as Teena
- Bindhu Ramakrishnan
- Giri Shankar as Alwin
- Binoy as Satheesan
- Sreedharan Bhattdhari as Peter
- Baiju Ezhupunna as Ajith
- Manjith
- Praveen Shankaranaryanan as Medical rep
- Ramji
- Umeshan
• Manjushaa-manjusha • Noora-sreevidhya • Jeni-swapana • Milu-meghana • Teachers-parvathy menon • Principal-Jennifer • Principal-ambika mohan • Doly-riya • Lisy-raji • • pushpa[servant]-varsha abhay
Soundtrack
- "Kaathilaaro" : Sithara Krishnakumar, Lyrics : Rafeeq Ahamed, Music :Hesham Abdul Wahab
- "Kaattummel Anchaaru" : Hesham Abdul Wahab, Lyrics :Aslam, Music : Hesham Abdul Wahab
- "Kanavil Kanavil" : Hesham Abdul Wahab, Lyrics: Madhu Vasudevan, Music Hesham Abdul Wahab
Reception
Critical reception was mostly positive.[4][5] The Times of India gave the movie 2.5 stars, claiming its script and writing lacks a usual happy ending or something that can deftly hold it all together. However, the review stay back with film's good humour quotient.[6]
References
- "Biju Menon's 'Salt Mango Tree' to be released on 6 November". IB Times. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Bengali film remakes make a comeback on national screens". The Times of India. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- "Sweet and Salty-Salt Mango Tree". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Salt Mango Tree Review - Let them fly". manoramaonline. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Salt Mango Tree review". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- "Salt Mango Tree Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2015.