Sradha
Sradha (transl. Focus) is a 2000 Indian Malayalam language action film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by T. Damodaran and Dr. Rajendrababu.[1] The film stars Mohanlal, Arun Pandian, Abhirami, Sangeetha, Shobhana and Indraja.[2] It features a musical score and soundtrack composed by Bharadwaj.[3] The plot follows the investigations of a police squad led by Ganga Prasad (Mohanlal) for a terrorist threat in the city. The film was released on 7 July 2000, and ended up as a critical and commercial failure. It was dubbed and released in Tamil titled Dhool Police and in Telugu as Abhi.[4]
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| Malayalam | ശ്രദ്ധ |
| Directed by | I. V. Sasi |
| Screenplay by | T. Damodaran Dr. Rajendrababu |
| Produced by | Anand Kumar |
| Starring | Mohanlal Arun Pandian Abhirami Sangeetha Shobhana Indraja |
| Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
| Edited by | J. Murali Narayanan |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
Production company | Adithya Kalamandir |
| Distributed by | Hi-Power Movie Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Ganga Prasad IPS (Mohanlal) is a police officer of the Anti Terrorist Wing of the State Police. He has a wife, Suma (Shobhana) and son Abi. A girl Swapna (Abhirami), who is attracted to Prasad, falls in love with him. Meanwhile, a group of hard-core terrorists led by Lucifer Munna (Arun Pandian) and Janeesha (Sangeetha) wreak havoc at various parts of the city. How Gangaprasad resolves the terrorist attack forms the climax of the movie.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Gangaprasad IPS, Director-Anti Terrorist Wing
- Arun Pandian as Dr. Lucifer Munna
- Abhirami as Swapna
- Sangeetha as Janeesha
- Shobhana as Suma Gangaprasad
- Indraja as C.I Sudha
- Seema as Nandhini Balachandran, Gangaprasad's family friend who conducts a play school for children
- Vijayakumar as Narendran IPS, Anti Terrorist Wing officer
- Devan as Dr. Balachandran
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Sukumaran, Ganga Prasad's father
- Janardhanan as Ayyappan, Swapna's father
- Kunchan as Chandrappan
- Mayuri Kango
- V. K. Sreeraman as Jayadevan IPS Commissioner of Police
- Major Ravi as Aravindakshan, IB Officer
- Spadikam George as DGP Karunakaran
- Reshmi Soman as Beena
- Anu Anand as Shaju
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Ganga Prasad's mother
- Lekshmi Rattan
- Sidharaj as S.P Rajashekharan IPS
- Yamuna as SI
- Mini Agustine
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Bharadwaj and released by the label Satyam Audios.
| Sradha | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Bharadwaj | |||
| Bharadwaj chronology | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gireesh Puthenchery; all music is composed by Bharadwaj.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aadyaanuraagam" | M. G. Sreekumar | |
| 2. | "Chola Malamkaattadikkanu" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | |
| 3. | "Megharagathil" | Sunanda | |
| 4. | "Megharagathil" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 5. | "Neeyen Jeevanil" | K. S. Chithra | |
| 6. | "Onnu Thottene Ninne" | M. G. Sreekumar | |
| 7. | "Onnu Thottene Ninne" | K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar | |
| 8. | "Party Party Time [Oh Little]" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan |
References
- "Indiainfo: Malayalam: Movie Reviews". movies.indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- Ayyappan, R. "Sleaze time, folks!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- "Sradha | Full Malayalam Movie | Mohanlal, Shobhana". YouTube. Cinecurry Malayalam. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/abhi/telugu/abhi-movie-reviews-375-2.html