Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnil V Nagendran
Written byAnil V Nagendran
Produced byAnil V Nagendran
Starring
CinematographyKaviarasan.TV Aka Kaviyarasu
Edited byB. Ajithkumar
Music by
Production
company
Visarad Creations
Distributed byVisarad Release
Release date
  • 14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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.[1]

Plot

The film revolves around the political unrest in a village and the rise of three communist leaders from the pre-Independence era in Kerala–P. Krishna Pillai, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, and A. K. Gopalan.[2]

Cast

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.[4]

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.[4][5] Anchal Udayakumar composed the background score for the film.[6]

SongComposerLyricistSinger(s)
"Thennale"M. K. ArjunanKaithapramK. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra
"Nalloru Naaleye"C. J. KuttappanAnil V NagendranC. J. Kuttappan
"Aalumagni"Perumbavoor G. RaveendranathPrabha VarmaReju Joseph, Ravisankar, Devika Subrahmanyan, Reji, Shubha Raghunath
"Kathunna Venaliloode"V. DakshinamoorthyAnil V NagendranAnuradha Sriram, RK Ramadas, G Sreeram
"Adima Nukam"James VasanthanAnil V NagendranK. J. Yesudas
"Athikkampil"C. J. KuttappanAnil V NagendranC. J. Kuttappan, Soumya Sanathanan
"Kathunna Venaliloode" (Reprise)P. K. MediniAnil V NagendranP. K. Medini
"Chethi Minukki"A. R. ReihanaAnil V NagendranSreekanth, Amrita Jayakumar, Soniya Samjad, Manakkad Gopan, Yazin Nizar

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.[4]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult Ref.
2014Kerala State Film AwardsBest Dubbing ArtistAmbootti for SamuthirakaniWon[5]

References

  1. ↑ "കേരളത്തിന്‍റെ വിപ്ലവചരിത്രം; 'വസന്തത്തിന്‍റെ കനല്‍വഴികളിൽ' ഓൺലൈൻ റിലീസിന്".
  2. ↑ Zachariah, Ammu (14 August 2013). "Potboilers with a political Twist". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ Soman, Deepa (11 November 2014). "Now that Balamani is bold, people love her more: Devika". The Times of India.
  4. 1 2 3 Nagarajan, Saraswathy (13 November 2014). "Ode to a brave patriot". The Hindu.
  5. 1 2 "Film on P Krishna Pillai to be Released". The New Indian Express. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "List of Malayalam Songs from the movie Vasanthathinte Kanalvazhikalil". Malayala Chala Chithram.
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