Valliettan
| Valyettan | |
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| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | Anil Ambalakkara Baiju Ambalakkara |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
| Music by | Rajamani Mohan Sitara |
Production company | Ambalakkara Films |
| Distributed by |
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Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Valyettan (English: Elder brother) is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Shaji Kailas and scripted by Ranjith. It stars Mammootty, Siddique, Manoj K Jayan, Sudheesh, Vijayakumar, Sai Kumar, Shobana and N. F. Varghese.[1] [2][3] It was remade in Kannada as Jyeshta by director Suresh Krissna with Vishnuvardhan in the lead role.[4] The film was a commercial hit.
Plot[]
Arakkal Kuttikrishnan Nair loses a civil case against Arakkal Madhavanunni, his nephew, and has to give up the ancestral home, which he has been holding illegally for past long years. Patteri Sivaraman, son of Kuttikrishnan Nair, takes it as a prestige issue and decides to finish out Madhavanunni, with the help of Nedungadi, his trusted lieutenant. Sivaraman has a deep hatred and enmity towards Madhavanuni since childhood and both had involved in several fistfights from then. Nedungadi sends Varoli Abu to shoot down either Madhavanunni or one among his brothers on their arrival at the house. But the timely intervention of Madhavanunni saves all. Madhavanunni is a self made rich businessman, who owns several properties inside and outside Kerala. After the suicides of his parents, he alone had taken care of his younger brothers Raghu, Dasan (adopted brother), Appu and Shankaran Kutty, who all love and respect him. Ramankutty Kaimal, their well wisher and the old caretaker of their property also enjoys a good relationship with Madhavanunni. Appu, at his college, is harassed by Subair, the younger brother of Mambaram Bava Haji, a rival of Madhavanunni. With the help of Kattipalli Pappan, a notorious criminal, he thrashes him, but dies accidentally. Appu is arrested for the murder, but is released on bail. Kattipalli Pappan is arrested for the murder, who while going to jail requests Madhavanuni to take care of his sister Lakshmi, which Madhavanuni accepts. Madhavanunni brings Lakshmi to his home and is treated as a member of their family. Mambaram Bawa Haji is now looking for a chance to avenge Madhavanunni for his brother's death. Patteri Sivaraman lends a helping hand to Bawa Haji. One day Lakshmi is found dead at the pond and Dasan is arrested for it and later, Raghu surrenders for the same to save Dasan. Upon release from jail, Pappan returns to kill Raghu for murdering his sister. But he later discovers that not Raghu, but Patteri Shivaraman, killed. The rest of the story is how Madhavanunni retaliates against Shivaraman.
Cast[]
- Mammootty as Arakkal Madhavanunni
- Siddique as Raghu, Madhavanunni's younger brother
- Manoj K. Jayan as Dasan, Madhavanunni's adopted brother
- Sudheesh as Shankaran Kutty, Madhavanunni's younger brother
- Vijayakumar as Appu, Madhavanunni's youngest brother
- Shobana as Devi, Madhavanunni's wife
- Sai Kumar as Patteri Sivaraman Nair
- Bheeman Raghu as Nedungadi
- N. F. Varghese as Mambaram Bava Haji
- Innocent as Ramankutty Kaimal, Dasan's father
- Poornima Mohan as Lakshmi, Pappan's sister
- Sukumari as Kunjikavamma
- Augustine as Gangadharan
- Captain Raju as DySP Mohammed Ilias, Madhavanunni's friend
- Kalabhavan Mani as Kattipalli Pappan
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Arakkal Kuttikrishnan Nair, Sivaraman's father and Madhavanunni's uncle
- V. K. Sreeraman as Soopi Haji
- G. K. Pillai as SP Purushothaman IPS
- Sadiq as Adv. Bharathan Marar
- Subair as SI Ajith Kumar
- Irshad as Subair, Bava's brother
- Ramu as CI Chandramohan
- Kunchan as Chathunni
- Valsala Menon as Sivaraman's mother
- Dhanya Menon as Thankamani
- Biyon as Young Madhavanunni
- Arun Kumar as Young Shankaran Kutty
- Ajith Kollam as Marodi Abu
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Goonda
- Yamuna as Sivaraman's wife
- Meena Ganesh as Chathunni's wife
- Santhakumari as Ajith Kumar's mother
- Remadevi as Vilasini Teacher
- as Dancer in the song Sivamallipoo pozhikkum
- Ponnamma Babu as Bava's wife
- Nizzar as Soopi Haji's daughter's love
- Thalapathy Dinesh
The film was released in Kerala on 10 September 2000.
Box office[]
The film was the third highest grossing Malayalam film of the year 2000 after the films Thenkasipattanam and Narasimham and was a commercial success.[5][6]
Soundtrack[]
All lyrics are written by Gireesh Puthenchery; all music is composed by Mohan Sitara.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Arupathu Thiriyitta" (Male) | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 2. | "Arupathu Thiriyitta" (Female) | K. S. Chitra | |
| 3. | "Kannilambum Villum" | M. G. Sreekumar, Afsal | |
| 4. | "Niranaazhi Ponnil" | M. G. Sreekumar, Choir | |
| 5. | "Nettimele Pottittaalum" (Duet) | K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra | |
| 6. | "Nettimele Pottittaalum" (Female) | K. S. Chitra | |
| 7. | "Nettimele Pottittaalum" (Male) | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 8. | "Shivamallippoo Pozhikkum" | K. S. Chitra | |
| 9. | "Smaraami Vaishnavachaarumoorthe" | P. Jayachandran |
References[]
- ^ "Mammootty blacklists Shaji Kailas?". 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Portrayal of tones of grey". The Hindu. 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Valyettan, which went on to become an average hit
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sleaze time, folks!". Rediff.com. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Movies list - Vishnuvardhan
- ^ Joseph Alexander (11 January 2001). "Soft-porn films add to financial woes of Malayalam filmdom". Rediff.com.
- ^ "The show must surely go on..." The New Indian Express. 7 June 2020.
External links[]
- Valliettan at IMDb
- 2000 films
- Malayalam-language films
- 2000s Malayalam-language films
- Indian films
- Malayalam films remade in other languages
- Indian action films
- Films directed by Shaji Kailas
- 2000 action films