Holidays (2010 film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Holidays | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | M M Ramachandran (Atlas Ramachandran) |
| Written by | Mohan Thomas |
| Produced by | T. Satheesh Babu |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ulpal V Nayanar |
| Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
| Music by | Alex Paul |
| Distributed by | Cinema Factory Release |
Release date |
|
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Holidays is 2010 Malayalam film directed by M M Ramachandran (Atlas Ramachandran),[1] starring Kalabhavan Mani,Vinu Mohan, Rejith Menon, Muktha and Priya Lal in the lead roles. The film is about a few IT professionals, who arrive at Kochi and get entangled in a web of problems.
The story involves a bunch of youngsters[specify] Alby (Vinu Mohan), Janet (Muktha), Riya (Priya Lal),Soumitran (Rejith), Sudhi (Sudheesh) and a few others who are planning the elopement of Sudhi and his lover, since Sudhi's lover is about to get engaged to Commisinoer Vinod (Kalabhavan Mani) who is also a tough cop. On the way they rescue a pretty young girl by the name of Lekha (Sruthi Lakshmi) from the hands of a few ruffians, but later find the girl murdered. They flee to a tea estate in Munnar, but the murderer is close at hand.
Cast
- Vinu Mohan as Alby
- Muktha as Janet
- Priya Lal as Riya
- Rejith Menon as Soumitran
- Sudheesh as Sudhi
- Sruthi Lakshmi as Lekha Paul
- Biyon as Rajesh
- Harishree Ashokan as Thangappan
- Kalabhavan Mani as City Police Commissioner Vinod
- Anoop Chandran as Veeramani
- Roopasree Asokan
- Anil Murali
- Karatte Raja
- Devan as Chandrashekaran Varma
- Tony as Rajesh's father
- Urmila Unni as Chandrashekaran Varma's wife
- Ambika Mohan as Vinod's mother
- Mini Arun
- Jolly
Production
The film is produced by T. Satheesh Babu, under the banner of Cinema Factory, and directed by businessman and chairman of Atlas Group, M M Ramachandran (Atlas Ramachandran). It is his first venture as a director, but he has produced certain critically acclaimed films like Vaishali, Dhanam etc., and has acted in films like Arabikatha, Anandabhairavi etc.[1][2]
Soundtrack
| Holidays | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2010 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | Manorama Music |
| Producer | T. Satheesh Babu |
The original score and songs were composed by Alex Paul, with lyrics penned by Kaithapram and Santhosh Varma. The soundtrack received mixed responses.[citation needed] Sify's review was negative saying, "Alex Paul's tunes are pretty ordinary". They also commented that "A song pops out every other moment, which is almost always a dream sequence."[3]
| # | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Indhumukhi Varumo" | Shankar Mahadevan |
| 2 | "Holidays" | Priya Lal, Vidhu Prathap |
| 3 | "Pathinathina" | Madhu Balakrishnan, Jyotsna |
| 4 | "Thamara Valla" | Vidhu Prathap, Manjari |