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, Meera Jasmine and Mukesh with Murali, Innocent, Ganapathi S Poduval, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Seetha and Parvathy Thiruvothu in supporting roles.[1][2][3] The film was a hit at the box office. Few scenes of the movie were reported to be inspired by the 2001 Korean movie My Sassy Girl.[3]
| Vinodayathra | |
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| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Written by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Produced by | M. M. Hamsa |
| Starring | Dileep Meera Jasmine Mukesh Nedumudi Venu |
| 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
- Mukesh as Shaji Raghavan
- Meera Jasmine as Anupama
- Seetha as Vimala
- Murali as Vijayan
- Innocent as Thankachan
- Ganapathi S Poduval as Ganapathi
- Nedumudi Venu as John Matthew
- K.P.A.C. Lalitha as John Mathew's Sister
- Parvathy Thiruvothu as Reshmi
- Mammukoya as Ananthan
- Vijayaraghavan as Rajappan
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Soshamma
- Babu Namboothiri as 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 Sub Inspector
Box office
The film was commercially successful in box office and collected around 10crores.
Music
| Vinodayathra | |
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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 |