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Wikipedia article




'Rappakal' is a 2005 released Malayalam film directed by Kamal. Mammootty, Nayanthara and Sharada appears in lead roles.

Plot



This is a heartfelt story of a male help/valet and his motherly affection to the elderly woman, whom he looks after. It explores the Keralite soul of the family and the seamier aspects of it and finishes it with an evocation of the need to keep intrinsic humane values, in any period of change. Mammootty plays the role of the help who is also a vigilant caretaker of the Tharavad Veedu and is referred as the "Tree of Goodness" which protects the sanctity of the household. Sharada plays the role of the affectionate mother and Nayanthara as the house help.

Cast



* Mammootty as Krishnan

* Nayanthara as Gauri

* Sharada as Saraswathiyamma (Voice dubbed by M Thangamani)

* Balachandra Menon as Deva Narayanan

* Geethu Mohandas as Malavika

* Vijayaraghavan as Janardana

* Janardhanan as Sankaran Kuttiyar

* Salim Kumar as Govindan

* Suresh Krishna as Sudhi

* Kalasala Babu as Shekharan

* P. Sreekumar as Balagopal

* Thara Kalyan as Urmila

* Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Valiya Varma

* Balachandran Chullikadu as Mahendra

* Subbalakshmi as Valiya Varma's Wife

* Kozhikode Sarada as Janu Amma

* Narayanankutty as Karavakaran

* Baburaj as Manikantan

*Lishoy

*Shobha Mohan as Janardhana Varma's wife

*Seema G. Nair as Gauri's sister

*Dinesh Prabhakar as Rajappan

* Ottapalam Pappan as Palkkaran

* Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Boy with Aanaval

* Resmi Boban

* Manka Mahesh

* Lavanya

* Poornima Anand as Renu

* Ajay jayaprakash as young Krishnan

* Aashiq Abu as photographer

Box office



The film was both commercial and critical success. It ran 100 days in theatres.

Soundtrack



All songs were composed by Mohan Sithara and lyrics were penned by Kaithapram.

References




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