Holidays (2010 film)

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Holidays
Holidays 2010 film.jpg
Film poster
Directed byM M Ramachandran (Atlas Ramachandran)
Written byMohan Thomas
Produced byT. Satheesh Babu
Starring
CinematographyUlpal V Nayanar
Edited byK. Rajagopal
Music by Alex Paul
Distributed byCinema Factory Release
Release date
  • 12 November 2010 (2010-11-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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.

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Plot

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

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] According to him, the film is aimed at youngsters.[ citation needed ]

The filming occurred at various locations in India like Bangalore and Kochi and on foreign locales as Kuala Lampur.[ citation needed ]

Soundtrack

Holidays
Soundtrack album by
Alex Paul
Released2010
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]

#SongArtist(s)
1"Indhumukhi Varumo" Shankar Mahadevan
2"Holidays" Priya Lal, Vidhu Prathap
3"Pathinathina" Madhu Balakrishnan, Jyotsna
4"Thamara Valla" Vidhu Prathap, Manjari

Release and reception

The movie was released on 12 November 2010, in thirty six theatres by Cinema Factory Release.

The film was met with nearly unanimous negative reviews. Several critics reviewed that the movie lacked a good script and the direction by the businn tycoon was worse than poor. Sify reviewed the film saying, "With a ridiculous plot that has been presented as a thriller, Dr.M M Ramachandran’s Holidays is an amateurish attempt, to say the least. The script, visuals, music and the performances doesn’t help in making things better either." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Atlas Ramachandran to direct "Holidays"". Metromatinee. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Atlas Ramachandran to direct film". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 Moviebuzz. "Holidays: Movie review". Sify . Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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