| Ottayal Pattalam | |
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| Directed by | T. K. Rajeev Kumar |
| Written by | T. K. Rajeev Kumar Kalavoor Ravikumar |
| Starring | Mukesh Innocent Madhoo |
| Cinematography | Sunny Joseph |
| Edited by | Venugopal |
| Music by | Sharreth |
| Distributed by | Century Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Ottayal Pattalam (transl. 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.[1][2] Sharreth scored the music for the film.[3]
Plot
Venu is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistaken by the police for the kidnapper of Gopika Varma, an NRI girl. Venu tries to solve his problems and prove his innocence and meanwhile stay out of sight of 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 had happened without his knowledge, she also starts loving him. How Venu proves that he is innocent is the rest of the plot. The true kidnapper turns out to be an African.
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
- Vettukili Prakash as Velayudhan
- Edavela Babu
- Kalpana
- Bobby Kottarakkara as Makeup man
- Preethika
- Ranju
- Ravi Vallathol
- Asha Jayaram
- James
- Manimala as Matron
Soundtrack
| Ottayal Pattalam | ||||
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
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The film has two songs composed by Sharreth, while the lyrics were written by P. K. Gopi.[4][5] The song "Mayamanchalil" is an Evergreen song.[6] The background score of the movie was by Johnson.
| Track | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Mayamanchalil Ithu" | Radhika Thilak, G. Venugopal | P. K. Gopi |
| "Thinthaktho" | G. Venugopal | P. K. Gopi |
References
- ↑ "Madhoo, happy birthday! | Bollywood Life". www.bollywoodlife.com-EN. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ Ottayal Pattalam (1992), retrieved 24 July 2019
- ↑ "Composer Sharreth tuned this song on his heartbreak day". OnManorama. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ Kumar, P. K. Ajith (23 August 2012). "Top scorer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ IBTimes (21 September 2015). "Radhika Thilak death: 10 songs to remember deceased playback singer". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ "Manjakiliyude Moolipattu stops abruptly". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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