Naran (film)

Naran
File:Naran film.jpg 100 days poster
Directed by	Joshi
Produced by	Antony Perumbavoor
Written by	Ranjan Pramod
Starring	Mohanlal Innocent Madhu Siddique Jagathy Sreekumar Devayani Bhavana Mamukoya Maniyanpilla Raju
Music by	Songs: Deepak Dev Background Score: Ouseppachan
Cinematography	Shaji Kumar
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Production company	Aashirvad Cinemas
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release dates	3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹4.55 crore (US$680,000)
Box office	₹12 crore (US$1.8 million)

Naran (Malayalam: നരന്‍, English: The Man) is a 2005 Action Malayalam Film written by Ranjan Pramod and directed by Joshi. The film tells the story of Mullankolli Velayudhan (Mohanlal), a homeless ruffian with a good heart.

It was one of the Onam releases in 2005. The film got positive reviews from the critics and overwhelming positive response from the audiences. It was one of the highest grossing movie of that year. The film ran more than 100 days in major centres.

Plot

Mullankolli is a rustic remote village in northern Kerala. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area.

Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician - Member Kurupu (Jagathy) and Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique), son-in-law of Valiya Nambiar who wants to rule over the village in his own way.

When Velayudhan plants a staff, it means that it has his stamp of authority. The only man who he listens to is Valiya Nambiar and to a certain extent Kelappan (Innocent) who looked after him as a child. The villagers including Kurupu and Gopinathan regularly bring goondas from outside the village to eliminate Velayudhan but they fail. There are three women in his life - a prostitute Kunnummel Shantha (Sona Nair) old flame Janaki(Devayani) and Kelappan's daughter Leela (Bhavana). But things turn bleak for Velayudhan due to the machinations of Gopinathan which leads to the climax.

Cast

• Mohanlal ... Mullankolli Velayudhan
• Madhu ... Valiya Nambiar
• Siddique ... Gopinathan Nambiar
• Innocent ... Kelappan
• Jagathy Sreekumar ... Member Kuruppu
• Bindu panicker...Narayani amma
• Mamukoya ... Ahammedikka
• Bhavana ... Leela
• Saikumar ... Police Inspector
• Salim Kumar ... Idimutt Rajappan
• Bheeman Raghu ... Keeri Raghavan
• V. K. Sreeraman ... Hajiyar
• Devayani ... Janaki
• Maniyanpilla Raju ... Krishnan
• Manikandan Pattambi
• Vijeesh ... Gopikuttan
• Sona Nair ... Kunnummel Shantha
• Lakshmipriya
• Baby Niranjana ... Janaki's Daughter
• Ottapalam Pappan

Soundtrack

Naran
Soundtrack album by Deepak Dev
Released	2005
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	Manorama Music
Producer	Aashirvad Cinemas
Deepak Dev chronology
Naa Oopiri (Telugu) 'Naran' Ben Johnson

The songs of this movie has composed by Deepak Dev and lyrics were penned by Kaithapram.

Song	Singers
Thumbikinnaram	Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Gayatri
Velmuruka	M. G. Sreekumar
Naran	K. S. Chithra, Vineeth Sreenivasan
Minnedi Minnedi	K. S. Chithra
Ponnaaryan	Dr. K. J. Yesudas
Thumbikinnaram [Unplugged]	Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Gayatri
Velmuruka [Remix]	M. G. Sreekumar

Reception

Naran released during Onam season and became a "super hit", collecting a distributor share of ₹1.69 crore (US$250,000) in two weeks from Kerala. Sify stated that the film as "Paisa Vasool" and wrote "Veteran director and his script writer Ranjan Pramod uses Mohanlal's larger-than-life image and blends it with the milieu, successfully in this action adventure film laced with sentiments. It is old wine in a new tetra pack with hardly any story or twists but the great man simply lights up the screen with his sheer presence."

External links

• Naran at IMDb