Rangam

Rangam
Rangam
	Poster
Directed by	I. V. Sasi
Written by	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Starring	Mohanlal; Shobhana; Raveendran
Cinematography	N. A. Thara
Edited by	K. Narayanan
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production; company	VICI Films International
Distributed by	Century Release
Release date	14 July 1985;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Rangam (transl. Scene) is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film stars Mohanlal as Kathakali artist Appunni, along with Shobhana and Raveendran. The film features a musical score composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot[]

Appunni (Mohanlal) a Kathakali artist is the cousin of Chandramathi (Shobhana) who is a classical dancer and Appunni is in love with Chandramathi. Madhavan (Raveendran) son of Karunakarapanickker (Jagannatha Varma) who is the owner of Sadanam the Kathakali Kalari, returns from Russia and falls for Chandramathi and eventually they get married. Then enters (Mahalakshmi) she is artist wants to learn Kathakali and daughter of rich business man.

Cast[]

Mohanlal as Appunni
Shobhana as Chandrika/Chandramathi
Raveendran as Madhavan
Adoor Bhasi as Kunjikrishnan
Raghavan as Naanu
Sukumari as Chandrika's mother
Santhakumari as Appunni's mother
Kottayam Santha as Mrs. Sundaram
Jagannatha Varma as Karunakara Panikker Ashan
Master Suresh as Rajan
Mahalakshmi as Jayanthi

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and the lyrics were written by S. Ramesan Nair.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Aaraarum Ariyaathe"	Krishnachandran	S. Ramesan Nair
2	"Bhaavayaami Raghuraamam"	Vani Jairam
3	"Kadhakalippadam"	Kalamandalam Hyderali	Traditional
4	"Sarggathapassilakum Nimisham"	Vani Jairam	S. Ramesan Nair
5	"Swaathi Hridaya"	K. J. Yesudas	S. Ramesan Nair
6	"Thamburaan Paattinu"	Krishnachandran	S. Ramesan Nair
7	"Vanashree Mukham"	K. S. Chithra, Krishnachandran	S. Ramesan Nair

Responses[]

In a retrospect review, Neelima Menon of The News Minute wrote: "Mohanlal aces the role of the unrequited lover who carries a torch for the lady. And the actor’s transition is more internal, letting us buy into his vocation as a Kathakali dancer effortlessly".^[4] In 2020, while writing about Mohanlal in Mathrubhumi, writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair said that, although he loves every roles he enacted in his screenplays, Mohanlal's performance in Rangam and Sadayam stays close to his heart the most.^[5]

References[]

^ "Rangam". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ "Rangam". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ "Rangam". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ Menon, Neelima (21 May 2020). "7 underrated Mohanlal films and where you can watch them online". The News Minute. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ Nair, M. T. Vasudevan (21 May 2020). "'എന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തോട് ചേർന്ന് നിൽക്കുന്നത് അപ്പുണ്ണിയും സത്യനാഥനും'". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Retrieved 26 May 2020.

External links[]

Rangam at IMDb

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[1] "Rangam". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[2] "Rangam". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[3] "Rangam". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[4] Menon, Neelima (21 May 2020). "7 underrated Mohanlal films and where you can watch them online". The News Minute. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

[5] Nair, M. T. Vasudevan (21 May 2020). "'എന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തോട് ചേർന്ന് നിൽക്കുന്നത് അപ്പുണ്ണിയും സത്യനാഥനും'". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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