Pranayavarnangal

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Pranayavarnangal
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Poster
Directed by Sibi Malayil
Written byJayaraman Kadambat
Sachidanandan Puzhankara
Produced by Dinesh Panicker
Starring Suresh Gopi
Manju Warrier
Divya Unni
Biju Menon
Cinematography Santosh Thundiyil
Edited byL. Bhoominathan
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
company
Dream Makers
Release date
  • 23 January 1998 (1998-01-23)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Pranayavarnangal (transl.Colors of Love) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language romantic film directed by Sibi Malayil, and written by Jayaraman Kadambat and Sachidanandan Puzhankara. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Divya Unni and Biju Menon. [1]

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Plot

Arathi is a shy girl, who is silent, a daydreamer and loves poetry whereas Maya is her roommate and best friend who is naughty and plays pranks on hostel mates. Victor loves Arathi but is afraid to express his love. At a college event, Vinayachandran who is well known to Maya's family and deputy collector of the city comes as the guest and he praises Aarathy after listening to her poetry. Meanwhile, Maya realizes that Arathi has a crush on Vinayan. Seeing this as an opportunity to make Aarathy come out of her shell, Maya compels her friend to write letters to Arathi posing as Vinayan. Arathi truly falls in love with Vinayan, whereas he doesn't have a clue about this. Meanwhile, Maya's parents arrange her marriage with Vinayan as he is in love with Maya. Maya also starts loving Vinayan. Soon Maya forces Arathi to forget Vinayan as she feels guilty and both friends break up. With the help of Victor, Arathi comes to meet Vinayan but realizes that he is marrying Maya. Arathi has a mental breakdown. Victor takes care of her. Vinayan visits her and tells her the truth and both the friends reunite.

Cast

Production

The song "Aaro Viral" was shot at University College Thiruvananthapuram. [2]

Soundtrack

Pranayavarnangal
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJanuary 1998 (1998-01)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Satyam Audios
Producer Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Gamyam
(1998)
Pranayavarnangal
(1998)
Elavamkodu Desam
(1998)

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Vidyasagar to the lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery and Sachidanandan Puzhankara, co-writer of the film. [3] The songs are popular among the masses. The song "Kannadi Koodum" tune was reused by Vidyasagar as "Toonega Toonega" in 2001 Telugu movie Manasantha Nuvve directed by V. N. Aditya. It was then reused in Tamil, Kannada and Bengali remakes of Manasantha Nuvve.

Track listing

TrackTitleSinger(s)Lyricist Raga
1"Aaro Viral Neetti" K. J. Yesudas Gireesh Puthenchery Ragamalika (Hamsanadam, Vrindavana Saranga)
2"Varamanjalaadiya" Sujatha Mohan Sachidanandan Puzhankara Kapi
3"Othiri Othiri" K. S. Chithra Gireesh Puthenchery
4"Kannadi Koodum"K. J. Yesudas, K. S. ChithraGireesh Puthenchery Mohanam
5"Aalelo Pulelo" Chorus Sachidanandan Puzhankara
6"Aaro Viral Neetti"K. S. ChithraGireesh PuthencheryRagamalika (Hamsanadam, Vrindavana Saranga)
7"Orukula Poo" Suresh Gopi Sachidanandan PuzhankaraRagamalika (Abheri, Sudha Dhanyasi)
8"Varamanjalaadiya"K. J. YesudasSachidanandan PuzhankaraKapi
9"Othiri Othiri"ShabnamGireesh Puthenchery

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards
Asianet Film Awards

References

  1. "Missing Manju". 24 November 2012.
  2. "Popular film locations in Thiruvananthapuram". The Hindu. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023.
  3. "Pranayavarnangal [1998]| പ്രണയ വർണ്ണങ്ങൾ [1998]".