Lalitham Sundaram
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| Lalitham Sundaram | |
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 Official release poster | |
| Directed by | Madhu Warrier |
| Written by | Pramod Mohan |
| Produced by | Manju Warrier Kochumon |
| Starring | Biju Menon Manju Warrier Saiju Kurup Deepti Sati Anu Mohan |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar Gautham Sankar |
| Edited by | Lijo Paul |
| Music by | Bijibal |
Production companies | Manju Warrier Productions Century Films |
| Distributed by | Disney+ Hotstar |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Lalitham Sundaram (transl. Simple Is Beautiful) is a Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Madhu Warrier in his directorial debut.[1][2] The film stars Biju Menon, Manju Warrier, Saiju Kurup, Deepti Sati and Anu Mohan. Manju Warrier co-produced the film with Kochumon under the banner Manju Warrier Productions.[3][4][5] The film released on 18 March 2022 directly through Disney+ Hotstar.
Sunny, Annie, and their younger brother, Jerry, are disconnected from their family due to their busy schedule. The siblings reunite for their mother's death anniversary and decide to fulfill her last wish. This reunion leads to a series of hilarious incidents that eventually help them repair their dysfunctional familial bonds.
Cast
- Biju Menon as Sunny Mary Das,[6] elder son
- Manju Warrier as Annie Mary Das,[7] middle child
- Anu Mohan as Jerry Mary Das a.k.a. Kunjan, youngest child
- Raghunath Paleri as Das
- Saiju Kurup as Sandeep, Annie's husband and Sunny's brother-law
- Deepti Sati as Simy, Jerry's girlfriend[8]
- Sudheesh as Rajesh, Sunny's friend
- Remya Nambeesan as Sophia, Sunny's wife
- Zarina Wahab as Mary Das[9]
- Madhu Warrier as Doctor
- Nandu as Music Director Harikumar
- Vinod Thomas as Xavier
- Anjana Appukuttan as Lisy
- Thennal Abhilash as Rukmini a.k.a. Rukku, Annie's daughter[10]
- Ashwin Warrier as Paul, Annie's son
- Ambika Mohan as Sister Maria
- Asha Aravind as Priya
- Kumar Sethu as Mahesh
Production
Pre-production
The film was announced by Mammootty and Mohanlal on their respective social media accounts in January 2020.[11] The puja of the film was on February 18, 2020.[12]
P Sukumar did the cinematography for the film along with Gautham Sankar [13] and Lijo Paul handled the editing. Bineesh Chandran is the art director of the movie, and Sakhi Elsa is the costume designer.[14] The National Film Award-winning choreographer, Kala Master, is the dance choreographer of the movie.
Filming
The principal photography of the film began in February 2020 at Peermade and Vandiperiyar[15] The film was planned to be shot on a single schedule, but the shooting came to a sudden halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The crew had completed about half of the shooting before the lockdown. After about nine month of lockdown, the shooting was resumed in December 2020.[16] As there was a long gap between the two schedules, the director says that all the actors had to begin from the scratch again. The second schedule was shot in Peermade and Ernakulam.[17] The filming was wrapped up in January 2021.[18]