Sound Thoma
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| Directed by | Vyshakh |
| Written by | Benny P Nayarambalam |
| Produced by | Anoop |
| Starring | Dileep |
| Cinematography | Shaji |
| Edited by | Mahesh Narayanan |
| Music by | Gopi Sundar Rajeev Alunkal(lyrics) |
Production company | Priyanjali Films |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Sound Thoma is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Vyshakh. It features Dileep playing a character with a cleft lip and defective voice while Sai Kumar, Mukesh, and Namitha Pramod portray supporting roles. The film, produced by Anoop, features background score and soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar and the lyrics were written by Rajeev Alunkal and Nadirsha. Cinematography handled by Shaji Kumar.
Plot[]
The story starts with Plapparambil family. It tells the family life of Plapparambil Paulo who has three children named Mathai, Joykutty and Thoma. Mathai, the eldest son, is thrown out by his loanshark father as he converted into Islam to marry his lover. He is enough educated and was authorised to run their own jewellery, later held by Joykutty, the second son. Meanwhile, Paulo' next two sons are unmarried. His youngest son Thoma suffers from cleft lip, and thus has a defective voice, but he still loves to sing. Paulo and his family is hated by the locals of the Kuttanadu region. Thoma falls in love with Sreelakshmi, the daughter of Bhagavathar, who also is one among the creditor of Paulo. Bhagavathar and even Sreelakshmi hates the family thus she rejects the love of Thoma. Here arrives the antagonist, an S. I named Rakesh who has an old score with the rich moneylender Paulo as his father is ashamed in front of the local after he is arrested by the police on an embezzlement years ago. He vows to destroy the Plapparambil family. Thoma decides to overwrite the dislike of the locals towards his family by forcing Paulo to conduct a mass marriage of 5 orphaned girls so that both, the dislike by locals to the family can be removed and Joykutty will get better alliances from better family, thus Paulo would be able to fetch his target of 20 million.
Cast[]
- Dileep as Plapparambil Thoma
- Sai Kumar as Plapparambil Paulo
- Mukesh as Plapparambil Mathai/Musthafa
- Namitha Pramod as Sreelakshmi
- Shiju as Plapparambil Joykutty
- Subbaraju as SI Rakesh
- Nedumudi Venu as Manikunju
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Uruppadi
- Vijayaraghavan as Sankaran Bhagavathar (Sreelakshmi's father)
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Sabu
- Dharmajan Bolgatty as Kittunni
- Reshmi Boban as Amina Musthafa Mathai/Musthafa's wife
- Majeed as Khader
- Ambika Mohan as SI Rakesh's aunt
- Soja Jolly as Sindhu
- Santhosh as Raghava Panicker
- Joju George As chacko
- Kollam Thulasi as Mahadevan
- Balachandran Chullikad as Dr.George Joseph
- Subbalakshmi
- Kochu Preman as Kuttan Pillai
- Baby Ajai as Mathai/Musthafa's son
- Durga Premjith as Mathai/Musthafa's daughter
Soundtrack[]
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| Released | 24 March 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 - 2013 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 27:58 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Eastcoast Audios | |||
| Producer | Gopi Sundar | |||
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The soundtrack was composed by Gopi Sundar, with lyrics by Murukan Kattakada, Nadirsha, Rajeev Alunkal.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kandal Njanoru" (Thoma style) | Nadirsha | Dileep | 03:47 |
| 2. | "Kanni Penne" | Murukan Kattakada | Shankar Mahadevan, Rimi Tomy | 04:30 |
| 3. | "Oru Kaaryam" | Rajeev Alunkal | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 06:02 |
| 4. | "Ambili Maame" (title song) | Murukan Kattakada | Reshmi Satheesh , Chorus | 02:35 |
| Total length: | 27:58 | |||
Reception[]
Critical Reception[]
With an aggregate review score of 3/5 at "Reviewbol.com", the film earned mixed reviews from critics while response from the audience was generally positive. The film ultimately went on to become a box-office success and ran for over a 100 days.[1]
Unni R. Nair of Kerala9.com rated the film 
and said that the film was "OK for Dileep fans and the family audience".[2] Theaterbalcony gave it a total score of 57% on 100.[3]
Box office[]
The film was commercial success,[4][5] and ran over 100 days in theatres.[6] The film collected ₹4.77 lakhs from UK box office in two weekends[7] and ₹2.48 lakhs from US box office in its first weekend.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Sound Thoma Reviewbol Boxoffice listings". reviewbol.com. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ Unni R. Nair (6 April 2013). "Sound Thoma Review". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Sound Thoma Review". theaterbalcony.com.
- ^ "Acing the act". The Hindu. 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Three's company Dileep". The Hindu. 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Mayamohini to Sound Thoma: Dileep's impressive avatars". The Times of India. 10 September 2015.
- ^ "'Shootout At Wadala' springs a surprise, fares well!". Bollywood Hungama. 7 May 2013.
- ^ "'Go Goa Gone' is poor!". Bollywood Hungama. 14 May 2013.
External links[]
- 2013 films
- Malayalam-language films
- Indian films
- 2010s Malayalam-language films
- Indian comedy films
- Films directed by Vysakh
- 2013 comedy films