Rappakal
2005 Indian film
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Rappakal is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language domestic thriller film directed by Kamal and written by T. A. Razzaq. Mammootty, Nayanthara and Sharada appear in the lead roles.
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| Directed by | Kamal |
| Written by | T. A. Razzaq |
| Produced by | Houli Pottoor |
| Starring | Mammootty Nayanthara Sharada |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
| Music by | Mohan Sithara |
| Distributed by | Swargachithra |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
This is a heartfelt story of a male help/valet and his motherly affection to the elderly woman, whom he looks after. It explores the Keralite soul of the family and the seamier aspects of it and finishes it with an evocation of the need to keep intrinsic humane values, in any period of change. Mammootty plays the role of the help who is also a vigilant caretaker of the Tharavad Veedu and is referred as the "Tree of Goodness" which protects the sanctity of the household. Sharada plays the role of the affectionate mother and Nayanthara as the house help.
Cast
- Mammootty as Krishnan
- Nayanthara as Gauri
- Sharada as Saraswathiyamma (Voice dubbed by M Thangamani)
- Balachandra Menon as Devanarayanan
- Geethu Mohandas as Malavika
- Vijayaraghavan as Janardhanan
- Janardhanan as Sankaran Kutty Nair (Kuttiyar)
- Salim Kumar as Govindan
- Suresh Krishna as Sudhi
- Kalasala Babu as Shekharan
- P. Sreekumar as Balagopal
- Thara Kalyan as Urmila
- Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Valiya Varma
- Balachandran Chullikadu as Mahendra Varma
- Subbalakshmi as Valiya Varma's Wife
- Kozhikode Sarada as Janu Amma
- Narayanankutty as Karavakaran
- Baburaj as Manikantan
- Lishoy as Aniyan Varma
- Shobha Mohan as Janardhana Varma's wife
- Seema G. Nair as Gauri's sister
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Rajappan
- Ottapalam Pappan as Palkkaran
- Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Boy with Aanaval (transl. Elephant tail bracelet)
- Resmi Boban
- Manka Mahesh
- Lavanya
- Poornima Anand as Renu
- Ajay Jayaprakash as young Krishnan
- Aashiq Abu as photographer
Box office
Soundtrack
| Rappakal | ||||
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| Released | 2 June 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Studio | Revi's, Thrissur | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Manorama Music | |||
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All songs were composed by Mohan Sithara and lyrics were written by Kaithapram.[3][4]
| Track | Song | Artist(s) | Raga(s) |
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| 1 | "Thankamanassu" | P. Jayachandran | Neelambari |
| 2 | "Pokathe" | Afsal | Shivaranjani |
| 3 | "Yadhu Hrudayam" | K. S. Chithra, Madhu Balakrishnan | |
| 4 | "Kadha Kadha" | Vijay Yesudas, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Anwar Sadath, Dinesh Devdas, Asha Madhu | |
| 5 | "Thankamanassu" | Vidya Swarabhrath | Neelambari |
| 6 | "Yadhu Hrudayam" | Karaoke | |
| 7 | "Kadha Kadha" | Karaoke |
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