Chandrolsavam

Chandrolsavam (Transl.Moon Festival) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Ranjith.^[1] It stars Mohanlal and Meena in the lead role with Ranjith, Cochin Haneefa, VK Sreeraman, Santhosh, and Jagadish in supporting roles.^[2] V. Dakshinamoorthy makes a cameo appearance as Sreehari's guru. The film features music composed by Vidyasagar.^[3]

Chandrolsavam
VCD cover
Directed by	Ranjith
Written by	Ranjith
Produced by	Santhosh Damodharan
Starring	Mohanlal Meena Ranjith
Cinematography	Alagappan N.
Edited by	L. Bhoominathan
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Damor Cinema
Distributed by	Damor Cinema Release
Release date	14 April 2005 (2005-04-14)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Sreehari, the protagonist, is compelled to leave his village and home after being convicted of plotting a murder and returns home after spending a year in jail and living in Paris for many years. Hari was in a deep relationship with Indu, and their marital prospects were sabotaged by Indu's mother, Devaki. She despises Hari's family due to their familial connection with her husband - who deserted the family and left with a Tamil lady. Balachandran, a close friend of Hari and Indu, double-crosses the former and opts to marry Indu (arranged by Devaki). On the wedding day, a lamenting Hari witnesses the marriage procession, only to intervene and rescue Balachandran who is fatally attacked by Peethambaran. The latter blurts out that, Hari paid him for the attack and flees the scene. Devaki is terrified and collapses on the spot. Indu doubts Hari's integrity.

Back home, he tries to get back every moment of his past teenage romance and the sights and sounds that he had once savoured because he does not have much life left as he is afflicted with cancer. Much of the story revolves around his childhood love, Indu, and about the other two friends, one who turns out to be Indu's husband and another, Ramanunni, who tried to kill her husband and put the blame on Sreehari to get Indu. While Sreehari returns, Indu is taking care of her bedridden husband. After his return, Sreehari proves his innocence to Indu and her husband. In an attempt to get Indu, Ramanunni kills Indu's husband.

Indu comes under the shelter of Sreehari but is kidnapped by Ramanunni and saved by Sreehari. Meanwhile, Doctor Durga enters Sreehari's home and everyone is disappointed by her arrival as they want Indu to be united with Sreehari. Durga reveals that she is running a hospital along with her husband in Delhi. Sreehari, their patient, escaped from the hospital without their knowledge to come to his village to see his childhood friends. Sreehari leaves with Indu and Durga for the treatment and viewers are left with a hopeful expectation that he will return healthy.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Chirakkal Sreehari
• Meena as Indulekha
• Ranjith as Kalathil Ramanunni
• Cochin Haneefa as Sreedharan
• V. K. Sreeraman as Kunjambu
• Santhosh as Sahadevan
• Jagadish as Kuttiraman
• Sujatha as K. P. Bhavaniamma
• Khushbu as Dr. Durga Chandrashekhar (Cameo Appearance) (Voice over by Revathi)
• Sai Kumar as Karunan
• Samvrutha Sunil as Malavika
• Jayakrishnan Kichu as Naveen
• Murali Menon as Balachandran
• Meena Ganesh as Madhavi
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Indulekha's grandfather
• Maniyanpilla Raju as C.I Sugathan
• Spadikam George as C.I Kurian George
• Bheeman Raghu as Ingapara "Pothu" Peethambaran
• Zeenath as Santha
• Vijayan Kranthoor as Chettiyar
• Jayan Cherthala as Chandrashekharan
• Augustine as Jose
• Abu Salim as Vasu
• Nilambur Ayisha as Devakiamma
• V. Dakshinamoorthy - Cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Chandrolsavam
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released	March 2005[4]
Studio	Varshaa Vallaki, Chennai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	29:25
Language	Malayalam
Label	Satyam Audios
Official audio
Chandrolsavam- Full Album on YouTube

The soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar with lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Muttathethum"	Gireesh Puthenchery	K. J. Yesudas	6:20
2.	"Ponmulam"	Gireesh Puthenchery	K. S. Chithra	5:03
3.	"Aaraarum Kaanaathe"	Gireesh Puthenchery	P. Jayachandran	4:30
4.	"Shobhillu Sapthaswara"	Tyagaraja	K. J. Yesudas	2:54
5.	"Nijadasavaradha"	Patnam Subramania Iyer	K. S. Chithra	1:56
6.	"Aaraarum Kaanaathe"	Gireesh Puthenchery	Sujatha Mohan	4:30
7.	"Chempadapada"	Arumughan Vengidangu	M. G. Sreekumar	4:12
Total length:				29:25

Release

The film was released on 14 April 2005, on the day of Vishu.^[6] It was a box office flop,^[7] but later became popular through television screening and have a cult following.^[8]

Reception

Sify.com wrote that "Meena sans any make-up has a meaty role as Indu and she has given an excellent performance. Tamil actor Renjit as Ramaunni is impressive and stands up to Mohanlal's performance. The melodious songs of Vidyasagar are hummable and V. Dakshinamoorthy makes a special appearance as Sri Hari's guru. Azhagappan's camera has etched the lush green locales of Shornur and Ottapalam aesthetically"^[9]