Vinodayathra
Vinodaythra (transl. Leisure Trip – transl. Vinod's Trip) is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, and starring Dileep, Mukesh and Meera Jasmine with Murali, Innocent, Ganapathi S Poduval, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Seetha and Parvathy in supporting roles.[1][2][3] Few scenes of the movie were reported to be inspired by the 2001 Korean movie My Sassy Girl.[3] The film become blockbuster at the box office,and ran more than 150 days completed in theaters.
| Vinodayathra | |
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| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Written by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Produced by | M. M. Hamsa |
| Starring | Dileep Mukesh Meera Jasmine Nedumudi Venu Parvathy |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Synopsis
It is the story of an irresponsible but good-natured young man, Vinod who comes to a hilly village to live with his elder sister Vimala, brother in law, Shaji and his sister Rashmi. Shaji is an engineer at the irrigation department and Vinod wants to learn life from him, but end up creating problems for Shaji.
Vinod meets a lot of people in the village and learns lessons of life from them, chiefly from Anupama whom he falls in love with.
Cast
- Dileep as Vinod Kumar
- Mukesh as Shaji Raghavan
- Meera Jasmine as Anupama
- Seetha as Vimala Nair
- Murali as Vijayan
- Innocent as Thankachan
- Ganapathi S Poduval as Ganapathi
- Nedumudi Venu as James Matthew
- K.P.A.C. Lalitha as James Mathew's Sister
- Muthumani as School Teacher- cameo appearance
- Parvathy as Reshmi
- Mammukoya as Ananthan
- Vijayaraghavan as Rajappan
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Soshamma
- Babu Namboothiri as Raghavan nair, Vinod's and Vimala's Father
- Reshmi Boban as Ambili
- Bindu Murali
- Sabitha Anand as Anupama's mother
- Manjusha Sajish
- Sethulakshmi as Saree Selling Woman
- Sreekutty as Staff Molly Varghese
- Vijayan Karanthoor as S.I. Stephen
Music
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| Released | April 6, 2007 |
| Genre | Film |
| Length | 151 minutes |
| Language | Malayalam |
The score and soundtrack of the film are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The songs are penned by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma. All songs became chartbusters.
| Song Title | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Akkikkokki" | Vijay Yesudas |
| "Kaiyetha" (F) | Manjari |
| "Kaiyetha" (M) | Dr. K. J. Yesudas |
| "Mandaarappoo Mooli" | Madhu Balakrishnan, Shweta Mohan |
| "Mandaarappoo Mooli" (M) | Madhu Balakrishnan |
| "Thennippaayum" | Afsal, Vineeth Sreenivasan |