Aakashamittayee

Akashamittayee is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film co-directed by Samuthirakani and M. Padmakumar. Written by K. Gireesh Kumar. Scripted by Samuthirakani, it is a remake of his 2016 Tamil film Appa directed by Samuthirakani with Yuvasri Lakshmi and Nasath reprising their roles. The film stars Jayaram, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Iniya, and Sarayu in the lead roles. It was released in Kerala on 19 October 2017 coinciding with Deepavali.^[1][2] The movie captures the area around Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL), located at Velloor in Kottayam District in Kerala.

Akashamittayee
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Samuthirakani M. Padmakumar
Written by	K. Gireesh Kumar
Screenplay by	Samuthirakani
Based on	Appa (Tamil)
Produced by	Maha Subair
Starring	Jayaram Kalabhavan Shajohn Iniya Sarayu
Narrated by	Mohanlal
Cinematography	Alagappan N.
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Mansoor Ahamed
Production company	Varnachitra Big Screen Studios India
Distributed by	Maha Subair Movies
Release date	19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) (Kerala)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

The story is about two fathers with different mindsets, and how that reflects on the way they raise their respective kids.^[3]

Cast

• Jayaram as Jayasankar
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as Peethambaran
• Iniya as Radhika
• Sarayu as Rekha
• Yuva Lakshmi as Aparna
• Nandhana Varma as Saira Bhanu
• Dev Prayag Hari as young Aakash
• Akash Sandhyamohan as teenage Aakash
• Anil Murali as Pazhani
• Usha as Pazhani's wife
• Nasath as Ajith Pazhani
• Seema G. Nair as Aparna's mother
• Anthony Kochi as Radhika's father
• Suresh Krishna as Dr. Mohan
• Sidhartha Siva as Headmaster
• Majeed as School staff
• Irshad as Joseph
• Arjun Raveendran
• Balachandran Chullikkad as himself
• Enosh Tenson as Raja Raja Cholan
• Mohan Sharma as Swami

Soundtrack

Aakashamittayi
Soundtrack album by Manzoor Ahamed
Released	21 October 2017
Recorded	2017
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Satyam Audios
Producer	Manzoor Ahamed

The songs were composed by Manzoor Ahamed. The soundtrack album, which was released on 2017, features songs with lyrics penned by Rafeeq Ahmed.

Track	Song	Artist(s)
1	"Aakaasha Palakombathu"	Abhijith Vijayan
2	"Aakaasha Palakombathu"	Manzoor Ahmed
3	"Kiya Kiya Kokkku"	Rimi Tomy, Anusha
4	"Pularikal pookkalil"	Gopu Krishna
5	"Uyaramillaymayanente"	Viswajith, Sudheep

Reception

Padmakumar K of Onmanorama rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Though average in terms of artistic scale, the movie gives some worthwhile insights into the present scenario of education system. It's preachy yet watchable."^[1]