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Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil
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Wikipedia article
'Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil' is a 2014 Malayalam-language political drama film directed by Anil V Nagendran, who is also the producer, writer and lyricist. The film stars Samuthirakani and Tamil actress Thamarai in the lead roles with an ensemble supporting cast of Mukesh, Sudheesh, Surabhi, Rithesh, and Baiju VK.
Plot
The film revolves around the political unrest in a village and the rise of three communist leaders from the pre-Independence era in KeralaP. Krishna Pillai, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, and A. K. Gopalan.
Cast
*Samuthirakani as P. Krishna Pillai
*Baiju VK as A. K. Gopalan
*Sudheesh as E. M. S. Namboodiripad
*Thamarai
*Mukesh as a journalist
*Siddique
*Surabhi as Chirutha
*Rithesh as Rairu Nambiar
*K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Madhaviyamma
* P. K. Medini
*Devan
* Bharani
*Bheeman Raghu
*Unnikrishnan Namboothiri
*Prem Kumar
* Shari as Theyi
* Gopika Anil as Mathangi
* Urmila Unni as Antharjanam
*Dharmajan Bolgatty
* Devika Nambiar
Production
After making audio biographies about left-wing politics about E. M. S. Namboodiripad, A. K. Gopalan and P. Krishna Pillai, Nagendran went on to work on a feature film about these politicians with Sudheesh, Baiju, and Samuthirakani reprising the roles of Namboodiripad, Gopalan, and Pillai, respectively. A 6 kilometer set was erected in sooranad,Kollam and all signals of the modern day including light posts and electrical lines were removed. Three-thousand actors have acted in the film, many of which are labourers who were trained to act. Cinematographer Kaviyarasu debuts in Mollywood with this film. Real footage from the Indian independence movement was included in the film.
Soundtrack
Eight composers have composed the film songs and twenty singers have sung the songs. This film is the last film that V. Dakshinamoorthy composed music for. Activist P. K. Medini composed and sang a song in addition to acting in the film. Anchal Udayakumar composed the background score for the film.
Release
The film originally released in March. The film received a complaint from the election commission that the film supported left-wing politics. The film was re-released in April.
Awards and nominations
References
Category:2010s political drama films
Category:2014 films
Category:2010s Malayalam-language films
Category:Indian political drama films
Category:Films scored by V. Dakshinamoorthy
Category:Films scored by A. R. Reihana
Category:2014 drama films
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