One Man Show (film)

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One Man Show
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Directed by Shafi
Written by Rafi Mecartin
Produced byGirish Vaikom
Starring Jayaram
Mukesh
Lal
Samyuktha Varma
Narrated byLal
Cinematography Anandakuttan
Edited by K. P. Hariharaputhran
Music by Suresh Peters (songs)
Rajamani (score)
Production
company
Aswathey Films
Distributed byLal Release
Rafa International
Release date
  • December 25, 2001 (2001-12-25)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

One Man Show is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Shafi (in his directorial debut) and written by the Rafi Mecartin duo. It stars Jayaram, Mukesh, Samyuktha Varma, Lal, Manya, Kalabhavan Mani and Narendra Prasad. The story unfurls itself in the course of a TV game show. [1] This film was a huge commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as Kalakkura Chandru (2007).

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Plot

Jayakrishnan, the protagonist, comes to take part in a show, One Man Show hosted by popular movie star Mukesh. During the course of the show, the host pries into Jayakrishnan's past and the whole story is unwound in a flashback.

Jayakrishnan, his uncle K. R. Menon and his cousin (Menon's daughter) Radhika, who is also Jayakrishnan's sweetheart, live together. They are lawyers by profession and their house is nicknamed "Kodathi Veedu" (courthouse). Among the lawyers of Kodathi Veedu, Jayakrishnan and his Junior Ponnappan are the only ons idle. No client ever comes for Jayakrishnan and hence is unable to earn anything as he had bungled some cases earlier. While K. R Menon and Radhika are succesful lawyers , Jayakrishnan is constantly derided for his failure. However, he decides that he'd marry Radhika only after he has fought and won a legal battle. So Jayakrishnan and Ponnappan decide to reopen the case of Hari Narayanan Lal, who has been in a mental asylum for the past few years. Jayakrishnan, with timely help from Doctor Raziya, his friend, proves in court that Hari Narayanan is not insane by having Hari Narayan answer difficult questions posed by the opposition lawyer K.R Menon. Jayakrishnan successfully proves that Harinarayanan was dubbed a mad man by his own brother Raveendran (Janardhanan) , who wants to usurp his assets. Jayakrishnan wins the lawsuit. Hari Narayanan is released from the mental asylum and Jayakrishnan marries Radhika.

But the plot takes a sharp turn when Jayakrishnan discovers that Hari Narayanan is in fact insane. Jayakrishnan is helpless as he is ashamed to expose Hari Narayanan's insanity. Meanwhile, the insane Hari Narayanan thinks that it is him who has married Radhika. A series of strange incidents occur, leading everyone to believe it is Jayakrishnan who is insane. Meanwhile, Hari Narayanan begins to seek revenge on his brother. He bombs his brother's factory, which causes a huge financial loss. Since tt was Radhika who legally offered bail for Hari Narayanan, she is held responsible to cover the loss. They are unable to pay this amount and Radhika goes to prison. It is for her release that Jayakrishnan has come to the TV game show. Everything ends well when he wins the game show and frees his sweetheart.

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs in this movie has been written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri as has been given music by Suresh Peters. The music has been distributed by Sathyam Audios.

Reception

A critic from Screen wrote that "One Man Show, produced by Girish Vaikkom under the banner of Aswathey Films and directed by debutante Shafi, tries a novel approach as far as narration is concerned". [2] A critic from Sify wrote that "The Tenkasipattanam team does not get their story correct,as in the second half the film drags on. Still thanks to Jayaram and Mukesh,the film just manages to keep afloat". [3] A critic from Kalakeralam.com wrote that "Since their last rib-tickler Thenkasippattanam was a laugh riot, one would expect Rafi-Mecartin to ting their next film with a profuse dose of humor. But, the maiden directorial venture of Shafi, One Man Show lacks the spark, verve and fun pace of Thenkasippattanam". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "One Man Show". Cine South. Archived from the original on 23 October 2002.
  2. ↑ Unni R. Nair (11 January 2002). "One Man Show: Novel approach". Screen India . Archived from the original on 22 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Moviebiz. "Review: One Man Show". Sify . Archived from the original on 20 March 2005.
  4. ↑ "Film Review - ONE MAN SHOW". Kalakeralam.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.
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