Udayananu Tharam : preview

Sree · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject: Udayananu Tharam : preview

From childhood, Udayabhanu's greatest desire was to become a film director. When he grew up, he reached Chennai to accomplish his desire. He first decided to study the basics of direction. He assisted many directors, studied the technical side of film direction and even scripted a story but was not able to direct even a single film. But one fine day, he got a chance to act. Rajappan Thengamoodu an actor and Udayabhanu are close friends. Bobby Kurian is the producer of Udayabhanu's first film. Into their life comes Mennakshi an actress. She has great respect and affection for Udayabhanu. This creates a friction among friends. Mohanlal plays Udhaybhanu, Mukesh is Bobby Kurian, Meena is Meenakshi and Srinivasan is Rajappan.
Udayananu Tharam is directed by debutant Roshan Andrews under the banner of Calton Film. The shooting which started on September 23 in Chennai has shifted the location to Mattancherry. The film also has Jagathy, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, Innocent, Ganesh, T P Madhavan, Indrans etc and famous script writer Lohithadas. Lohi enacts the role of Pratap, a film director.
Udayananu Tharam a full length comedy film has script by Sreenivasan. Like Udayabhanu, director Roshan too struggled hard to become a director. Roshan had worked as assistant director to Kamal and Shaji Kailas and Mohanlal was the hero in both the films. Due to the proximity with Mohanlal, Roshan was able to work without tension. The film is produced by Karunakaran who produced films like Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala and Narendranmakan Jayakanthanvaka. Deepak Dev composes music for the songs of Kaithapram.

surya · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:23 pm Post subject:

ithu adipoli movie avum theercha

jerins · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:30 pm Post subject:

Lalettan kalakkum..
Mohanlal-Sreenivasan adipoli combinationaa

othello007 · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject:

This is gonna be another junk movie of Mohanlal. Sure!. Amovie with no proper theme or story and some foolish comical scenes.

jerins · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject:

kalabodham illathavarode paranjitu kariyumilla...
Eshwara rakeshedhu..

Kunji Payan · Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 1:19 pm Post subject:

kalakkum

Ancy · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

The film is about an assistant director, Udayabhanu (Mohanlal), struggling to make a mark as a writer-director. Sreenivasan plays Rajappan Thengamoodu, a struggling actor, who steals and sells Udayan's script to a top producer on condition that he will play the hero.

Rajappan becomes superstar Saroj Kumar on the strength of Udayan's story. The scriptwriter, on the other hand, is shattered.

The dim-witted Saroj Kumar, aided by his manager Phachallam Bhasi (Jagathy Sreekumar), manipulates others to sustain his stardom.

Ironically, Udayan gets his first break on the condition that Saroj Kumar will be the film's hero.

Sreenivasan has peppered the story with real life incidents. He does not spare the two reigning superstars of Malayalam cinema, Mammootty and Mohanlal, even though the latter is the film's hero.

Udayan's character seems to have been inspired by Blessy, who had struggled as an assistant director for two decades before making a remarkable debut with "Kazhcha" last year.

Sreenivasan is perhaps a little late in tackling this subject. Last year has seen some sanity creeping back into the Malayalam film industry, although it is still to free itself from the clutches of the two ageing superstars.

Mohanlal gives a restrained and dependable performance as Udayan. But it is Sreenivasan who steals the thunder with his over-the-top act as the megalomaniac superstar.

The supporting cast, consisting of Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar and Salim Kumar, have done well. But the much-hyped cameo by director Lohithadas as director Prathap is quite lacklustre.

Meena makes a mark as starlet Madhumathi, who marries Udayan. Later they separate and she goes on to become a huge draw in other southern film industries. Does her character remind us of Meera Jasmine?

Deepak Dev's music fits the subject well. The film-within-a-film concept is handled deftly by debutant Roshan Andrews. He does not resort to any unnecessary gimmicks or spoofs that the theme could easily have inspired.

tina84 · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:47 am Post subject:

thanks for the preview ancy... Applause

Sree · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

athu preview aarunno review aarunno? Mr. Green

tina84 · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

ellam oru view alle sreee... Smile