Loudspeaker (film)
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Loudspeaker is a 2009 Malayalam film produced, written, and directed by Jayaraj
, starring Mammootty
, Sasi Kumar
, Gracy Singh
, Jagathy Sreekumar
, Cochin Hanifa, Saleem Kumar
, and KPAC Lalitha.
Mammootty
plays the lead role Mike Philippose, a barefooted uneducated simpleton who lands in the city, armoured with his loud voice, opinions and dazzling wit to stand up with the different level of etiquette's he find in the flats of the city. His arrival is as a kidney donor to ailing Anand Menon, an astrophysicist who returned to his home nation after working in US for the last forty six years. A dejected man who wants to run away from his memories, Menon is turned into the reverse track by Mike, who lives with his memories and snobs about his deceased father and about the silent hamlet of Thopramkudy.
The movie packs a lot of characters like the old man (Janardhanan) in legal tussle with his children, the fighting couple (Kalpana and Reghu) who even doesn't like to see face to face, a secretary of the flat residents (Jagathy) who only has a dog for his company, a group of loud bachelors and a kid who turns a brat, left alone and away from her parents.
and lyrics were written by Anil Panachooran
. "Alliyambal", a famous song from Rosy sung by K. J. Yesudas
, is adopted in this film. The new version of the song is sung by his son, Vijay Yesudas
.
Jayaraj
Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair, often credited as Jayaraj, is an award-winning Indian Malayali filmmaker who has marked his presence in mainstream as well as art house films...
, starring Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
, Sasi Kumar
K. Sasikumar
Sashi Kumar is a prominent media personality,from Kerala, India. He was the founder of India’s first regional satellite TV channel Asianet. He founded and chairs the Media Development Foundation, the not for profit public trust which set up and runs the prestigious Asian College of Journalism in...
, Gracy Singh
Gracy Singh
Gracy Singh , is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat...
, Jagathy Sreekumar
Jagathy Sreekumar
Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films...
, Cochin Hanifa, Saleem Kumar
Saleem Kumar
Salim Kumar is a National Award winning Indian film actor and mimicry artist predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema....
, and KPAC Lalitha.
Plot
The movie is all about the relationships between two rare bred men from extremely different strata of society, but more in common than is apparent from the first look. They might have never run into each other, with their stark contrast in nature and life styles and would have hardly given each other a second look, if they hadn't met in these defined circumstances. But the movie throws them together, intertwined in worst of their days and progressively built in the rapport between the extremes, and infuses the spirit of worthy and meaningful life to all in the screen and those who watches them on screen.Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
plays the lead role Mike Philippose, a barefooted uneducated simpleton who lands in the city, armoured with his loud voice, opinions and dazzling wit to stand up with the different level of etiquette's he find in the flats of the city. His arrival is as a kidney donor to ailing Anand Menon, an astrophysicist who returned to his home nation after working in US for the last forty six years. A dejected man who wants to run away from his memories, Menon is turned into the reverse track by Mike, who lives with his memories and snobs about his deceased father and about the silent hamlet of Thopramkudy.
The movie packs a lot of characters like the old man (Janardhanan) in legal tussle with his children, the fighting couple (Kalpana and Reghu) who even doesn't like to see face to face, a secretary of the flat residents (Jagathy) who only has a dog for his company, a group of loud bachelors and a kid who turns a brat, left alone and away from her parents.
Cast
Characters | Artists |
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Mike | Mammootty Mammootty Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles... |
Menon | Sasi Kumar K. Sasikumar Sashi Kumar is a prominent media personality,from Kerala, India. He was the founder of India’s first regional satellite TV channel Asianet. He founded and chairs the Media Development Foundation, the not for profit public trust which set up and runs the prestigious Asian College of Journalism in... |
Annie | Gracy Singh Gracy Singh Gracy Singh , is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat... |
Sarangadharan | Cochin Haneefa Cochin Haneefa Mohammed Haneefa, better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa was an Indian film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malayalam cinema... |
KP | Saleem Kumar Saleem Kumar Salim Kumar is a National Award winning Indian film actor and mimicry artist predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema.... |
Secretary | Jagathy Sreekumar Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films... |
Kunjannama | KPAC Lalitha |
Ouseph | Babu Swami |
Grandpa | Janardhanan Janardhanan (actor) Janardhanan is a Malayalam film actor. He is known for his peculiar style of handling humor and his quaint voice. He started his career playing brusque villains in the 1970s but later went on to establish himself as a highly sought-after comedian. The turning point of his career was the role of... |
Madhavan Nair | Bheeman Raghu Bheeman Raghu Bheeman Reghu is a Malayalam actor best known for his portrayal of villains in Indian cinema.In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has appeared in more than 400 films in Malayalam, and has recently started doing comedy roles... |
Rugmini | Kalpana Kalpana (Malayalam actress) Kalpana is a Malayalam film actress known for her comedy roles. She is the sister of film actresses Urvashi and Kalaranjini. Kalpana Anil, better known by her stage name Kalpana, entered the film industry wanting to work as a heroine. However, she she ended up doing comedy. Kalpana has strayed into... |
Dr. Ollurkkaran | Anoop Menon Anoop Menon Anoop Menon is a Indian film actor and screenwriter. He worked in television before achieving success as an actor in films. He won the 2008 Kerala State Film Award for second best actor and also the filmfare award 2009 for the same film.-Career:... |
Dr. Philson | Subair, Alapuzha |
Watch Man | Augustin |
Agent | Guinnes Pakru |
Annie's mother | Valsala Menon |
Head Nurse | Sukumari Sukumari Sukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of... |
Counselor | Suraj Venjaramood Suraj Venjaramood Suraj Venjaramood is a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He mainly plays comic roles, though he has played some lead roles as well.-Life:... |
Bachelors | Srijith Ravi, Suraj, Romeo, Suraj Devaraj |
Valliya Ammavan | Gopi Asan |
Muthassan | Unnikrishnan Namboothiri |
Muthassi | Rugmini Warassyar |
Angela | Baby Nayanthara |
Kathanar | Harisree Ashokan Harisree Ashokan Harisree Ashokan is a Malayalam film actor who is known for his comedy roles. He has acted in more than 75 Malayalam films.-Early life:... |
Reception
The critics praised the film and the film was a commercial success. The film ran for more than 70 days.Soundtrack
The songs of Loudspeaker were composed by BijibalBijibal
- Career :Bijibal made his debut in music direction in year 2007 with the film Arabikatha. All the songs in this film were hits, especially Thirike njaan varumenna, a nostalgic song with lyrics by Anil Panachooran who also debuted with the same film...
and lyrics were written by Anil Panachooran
Anil Panachooran
Anil Panachooran is a noted Malayalam film lyricist and poet. A lawyer by profession, Panachooran lives on the income from his lyrical and poetic work...
. "Alliyambal", a famous song from Rosy sung by K. J. Yesudas
K. J. Yesudas
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...
, is adopted in this film. The new version of the song is sung by his son, Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:...
.
- "Changazhi Muthumayi"
- "Kattarinu Thorathoru"
- "Manjinte Mamala"
- "Alliyambal"
- "Kattarinu Thorathoru (Female)"
- "Changazhi Muthumayi (Male)"