Chempada

Chempada
Chempada
Directed by	Robin Thirumala
Screenplay by	Robin Thirumala
Based on	Avar Nagarathilund by M. D. Ajayaghosh
Produced by	Jagadish K. Nair; Abdul Azeez
Starring	Bala; Sridevika
Cinematography	Noushad
Music by	Robin Thirumala
Production; company	Garden Films
Release date	December 2008;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chempada (English: Red Army) is a 2008 Malayalam language thriller film written and directed by Robin Thirumala in his directorial debut.^[1] The film is based on the novel Avar Nagarathilund by M. D. Ajayaghosh which was serialised in Manorama Weekly.

Plot[]

The film revolves around a music troupe of youngsters named 'Red Army'. Headed by its mentor Captain Mukundan Menon, the group's real operations are to loot and kill people who have amassed wealth through wrong means and to cleanse the world of crime and injustice. Manu (Bala), a naive guy from Vagamon and son of a driver working for R. K. Nair, a rich planter, loved Meenakshi (Sreedevika), an innocent girl. But Meenakshi was raped by the planter and his accomplices. Being loyal to the master, Manu's father took the blame upon himself and got arrested. Things took a different turn when his father committed suicide in jail under suspicious circumstances and Meenakshi went missing. Manu then took up arms to avenge R. K. Nair and his men, but was beaten and left badly wounded in a desolate place, where he was found by the troupe members. Manu, who is later inducted into the troupe, gets a new name, Harikrishnan, and becomes active in the troupe's activities. What happens next forms the rest of the movie.

Cast[]

Bala as Manu/Harikrishnan
Sridevika as Meenakshi
Lakshana as Reshmi
Kochunni Prakash
Tosh Christy
Baburaj as Merkariyoz
Kalabhavan Mani
K. B. Ganesh Kumar as A.S.P Ravishanker
Govind as Akash Nair
Nisha Sarang as Lekha
Sadiq as Paily
Robin A Thirumala as News Reporter (Cameo Appearance)

Soundtrack[]

The film's soundtrack contains 10 songs, all composed by Robin Thirumala. Lyrics were by Robin Thirumala, , .

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Ente Pranayathin" (D)	Najim Arshad, Jyotsna
2	"Ente Pranayathin" (M)	Najim Arshad
3	"Kallurukkippoovu Kammalaninja"	M. G. Sreekumar, Ranjini Jose
4	"Mele Etho Oru Minnaaminni"	Pradeep Palluruthy
5	"Mohabbathin Kadalile"	Jyotsna,
6	"Oru Paattaay"	Arun,
7	"Pathiye Vanna"	,
8	"Raavin Viralthumbil"	Najim Arshad,
9	"Raavin Viralthumbil" (F)	Smitha Nishanth
10	"Thumbe Thumbe"	Afsal, Pradeep Palluruthy

References[]

^ "Chempada". Malayalam Movie Database. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

External links[]

Review, Sify.com
Review, Veeyen, Nowrunning.com
Review, Thomas T, Nowrunning.com
Review^{[permanent dead link]}, Oneindia.in

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[1] "Chempada". Malayalam Movie Database. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

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