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Rock n' Roll (2007 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Rock N' Roll' is a 2007 Malayalam musical comedy film written and directed by Ranjith, starring Mohanlal, Lakshmi Rai, Mukesh, Lal, Siddique, Manoj K.Jayan, Rahman, Harisree Ashokan and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film tells the story of seven musicians in Chennai, the major centre of film production in South India. The film was released on November 9 coinciding with Deepavali. It received negative reviews.
Plot
'Rock N' Roll' tells the story of Chandramouli (Mohanlal), a composer and drummer, of his return to Chennai from South Africa for a brief visit, and of the incidents happening in that short span.
Gunasekharan (Siddique), a leading music composer, is busy with his composition for the latest film directed by Lal Jose. He feels, it would be better, if he gets the help of his old friend Chandramouli, who is now busy with his international concerts. But Mouli, a fun loving and jovial musician, makes a surprise landing in Chennai and helps Guna in his work.
Mouli accidentally falls in love with Daya Sreenivasan (Lakshmi Rai), the female playback singer, who is also an ardent fan of Mouli. But because of the compulsions from her parents and fianc, Vivek (Anoop Menon), she moves back to Mumbai.
Mouli plots a plan with his friend Thabala Balu (Harisree Ashokan) to bring her back to Chennai. He makes Daya believe that he is now composing a dozen songs for a film and wants Daya to sing it.
Daya, who comes back to Chennai, is not impressed by Mouli's tunes. When she openly expresses her unhappiness over the tune, Mouli takes it as a prestige issue and composes a song entirely dedicated to her. However, Daya is unable to attend the studio on that particular date as she will marry Vivek, whom she feels is too arrogant and sophisticated for her.
Mouli enters the marriage venue and takes Daya to the studio for 30 minutes despite the opposition from her family members. Daya, who within time is fully in love with Mouli, realizes his love for her and opens her mind to him.
The film ends with Mouli relaxing at a beach with Daya, but his old habits of carefree nature and passion for girls still not gone.
Reception
The film received mostly positive reviews. On the other hand, the music was well received.
Vidyasagar's music was popular especially the song "Chandamama", which stayed in the charts for many weeks.
Cast
* Mohanlal as Chandramouli, an International Drummer
* Mukesh as Vishwanath (Vichan), a re-recordist
* Lal as Violinist Issac
* Siddique as Gunasekhar, a Music Director
* Manoj K. Jayan as Gireeshan a.k.a Saidapet Giri, an aspiring singer turned don
* Rahman as Henry, a Keyboardist
* Harisree Ashokan as Balachandran a.k.a Balu, a Tablist
* Jagathy Sreekumar as Khader Khan
* Lakshmi Rai as Daya Sreenivas, a Singer
* Anoop Menon as Vivek
* Suraj Venjaramoodu as PP Shiju a.k.a Maharaja
* Swetha Menon as Meenakshi
* Praveena as Maria
* Anil Murali as Satheeshan, Police Inspector
* Augustine as Production Controller Subramaniyam
* Rohini as Nirmala
* Joju George as Hari, Gangster of Saidapet Giri
* Vanitha as Chandramouli's mother (Cameo)
* Lal Jose as Director Lal Jose (Cameo)
* Dinesh Panicker as Sreenivas, Daya's Father
*Sindhu Shyam
* Chitra Shenoy as Daya's mother
Soundtrack
The film's background score is composed by Bijibal, while the songs are composed by Vidyasagar with lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery. The songs were very popular.
Quotes
"Rock & Roll is an out and out musical entertainer set in Chennai milieu with the background of a recording studio and the world of musicians. Its a fun-filled movie with Mohanlal leading the pack of merry men." - director Ranjith[http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14558720 Release news:Sify.com Sify.com]
References
* [http://www.musicindiaonline.com/ar/i/movie_name/9454/2/ Musicindiaonline.com preview]
* [http://www.sundaykaumudi.com/movies/mov/oct14-scope.stm Sunday Kaumudi preview]
* [http://indulekha.com/movies/2007/11/ranjith-on-rock-n-roll.html Indulekha film profile (Malayalam)]
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