Father's Day is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Kalavoor Ravikumar, starring Shehin, Indu Thampy, Revathi, Lal and Shankar Panikkar in the lead roles.[1] this is the second film from director Kalavoor Ravikumar, who earlier directed Oridathoru Puzhayundu. Oscar award winner Resul Pookutty made his acting debut through this film.[2]
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| Directed by | Kalavoor Ravikumar |
| Written by | Kalavoor Ravikumar |
| Screenplay by | Kalavoor Ravikumar |
| Story by | Kalavoor Ravikumar |
| Produced by | Bharath Samuel J. |
| Starring | Shehin Indu Thampy Revathi Lal Shankar Panikkar |
| Cinematography | S. G. Raman |
| Edited by | K. Sreenivas |
| Music by | M. G. Sreekumar Sajeev Mangalath |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
editThe story revolves around Seetha, a tutor in a Government College. A person continuously goes behind her, spying her and later when they both meet up, he tells that he is a Criminology student, who specializes in rapes. Seetha Lives in her niece's house. She has a caring brother, who is afraid that Seetha is not married yet. This student turns out to be her own son. He wanted to research on her history, so he collects all the relevant evidences, and starts his work. The story goes on and on, until it ends up in a DNA test. The story later revolves on how he takes revenge on the 4 rapists.
Cast
edit- Shehin as Joseph K. Joseph
- Indu Thampy
- Revathi as Prof. Seethalakshmi
- Lal as Seethalakshmi's suitor
- Shankar Panikkar as Ram Menon
- Idavela Babu as Abeed Ali
- Suresh Krishna
- Vijay Menon as Nobble Mathew
- Maya Viswanath as Betty Nobble Mathew
- Reena Basheer as Geetha Menon
- Vineeth as Gopan
- Jagathy Sreekumar
- Lakshmi Priya
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha
- Chithra Shenoy as Dr. Elizabeth Thomas
- Resul Pookutty
Reception
editA critic from Rediff.com said that "Father's Day is not flawless but we can appreciate the effort it takes to make a meaningful film that tackles a difficult subject with some degree of success".[3] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "Father's Day, in not a regular plot, is meant for those who like a little difference in a regular pattern of a tearjerker".[4]
References
edit- ^ ""Father's Day" pooja on September 14th". Kottaka. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Resul makes a sound choice!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Review: Father's Day is a bold effort". rediff.com.
- ^ "Father's Day review. Father's Day Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
External links
edit- Father's Day at IMDb
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