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Ganagandharvan
2019 Indian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ganagandharvan (transl. Celestial singer) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Ramesh Pisharody.[1] The film stars Mammootty, Santhi Mayadevi, Manoj K. Jayan, Siddique, and Suresh Krishna. The film was released on 27 September 2019, and received mixed responses from critics.[2][3]
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Synopsis
Kalasadhan Ullas is a ganamela singer who has worked for the popular ganamela troupe Kalasadhan for the past 26 years. His family consists of his wife Mini and daughter Sowmya. However, Ullas's life takes a different turn after a girl named Sandra enters his life for a nefarious purpose. How he handles the following incidents forms the crux of the story.
Cast
- Mammootty as Singer Kalasadhan Ullas
- Vanditha Manoharan as Mini, Ullas's wife
- Athulya Chandra as Sandra Samson
- Santhi Mayadevi as Advocate Anamika
- Sithara as Family Court Magistrate, Ullas's ex-girlfriend
- Manoj K. Jayan as Drums Kalasadhan Titto
- Suresh Krishna as Singer Shyamaprasad
- Siddique as Adv. Manoj
- Mohan Jose as Troop manager Jacob
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Kuttan
- Rafi as Samson
- Sneha Babu as Kalasadhan Dhanya
- Baiju Ezhupunna as Moorthi
- Mukesh as Travel agent Aby
- Johny Antony as Prince
- Dharmajan Bolgatty as fish seller Rajan
- Devan as Sivadasan
- Ashokan as SI Santhosh Zacharia
- Innocent as Mulayidam Appukutta Panicker
- Salim Kumar as Rajaji
- Hareesh Perumanna as P C Joji
- Sadiq as Magistrate Sandeep
- Arya as Anchor Sanitha
- Kunchan as Balan
- Kottayam Nazeer as Binoy
- Sudheer Karamana as Prabhakaran
- Rajesh Sharma as Ranjan, Anamika's father
- Kochu Preman as Cherian, marriage broker
- Sunil Sukhada as Saju
- Kishore Varma as Sonu Madhav
- Kalabhavan Prajod as Suresh, Temple committee member
- Appa Haja as Ganeshan, Temple committee president
- Sindhu Varma as School Principal Lakshmi
- Chali Pala as Bahuleyan
- Shiney Sarah as Physics Teacher Elizabeth
- Binu Thrikkakkara as Praveen
- Anoop Menon as Yousuf (cameo appearance)
- Abu Salim as Prisoner Satheesh
- Sajan Palluruthy as Bank Manager Vikram
- Subeesh Sudhi as Ajayan
- Sathi Premji as Santhakumari
- Siju Irumpanam as School Staff
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Production
Ramesh Pisharody announced his second directorial venture on 1 November 2018 by unveiling the title poster featuring Mammootty.[4] It was screened in theatres alongside the Mohanlal-starrer Drama (2018).[5][6] According to Pisharody, "The film is about the life of a senior singer. The character is influenced by some singers I know. It's not a fully serious story. You can expect some humour as well."[7] Newcomer Vanditha was brought in to play one of the female leads.[8]
The principal photography of the film began in Kochi on 1 June 2019.[9][10][11] Filming was completed on 22 July 2019.[12][13]
Soundtrack
The film's music was composed by Deepak Dev with lyrics written by Rafeeq Ahmed and Santhosh Varma.[14]
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Release
The film was released on 27 September 2019.[15][16]
Box office
In the UAE, it grossed $125,902 in the opening weekend and $172,068 in three weeks.[17] It grossed $18,710 (₹13.32 lakh) in the US in three weeks.[18] The film ended as a financial succuss, with a worldwide gross of ₹18.5 crore of which the final global theatrical share is estimated to be ₹9.75 crore with recovery more than 20 percent.[19]
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Reception
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The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "The strength of Ganagandharvan though is the acting and script. While Pisharody has resorted to straightforward, old school storytelling, he has done it with panache, proving that a good script does not need any gimmick to entertain the audience."[20] Manorama Online gave 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Director Ramesh Pisharody has successfully presented a small yet relevant subject without making the audience feel tedious or irksome. This movie is sure to cater to the interests of all kinds of audience.[21] Sify rated the film 2 out of 5, described the film "average" and wrote "there is a fine idea here that is worth a story, but the way the script has been written and packaged makes this one a rather dull affair".[22]
The News Minute critic rated 1.5 out of 5 stars and said "Ganagandharvan tries too hard with badly written comedy. Except the occasional wisecrack or a reference to an old movie (the scene with Karaman Sudheer), the film is largely not amusing".[23] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated 0.25 out of 5 and wrote "Pisharody's failure lies not only in his status-quoist, antagonistic ideology, but in his inability to tell a story well" and heavily criticized the anti-feministic writing.[24] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express rated zero out of five stars and said the film "has a skeleton of a story to tell", "it is unclear why Mammootty would do such an in-your-face, one tone and biased film that neither understands men's right activism or the plight of men that fall into the trap of some evil women".[25] SR Praveen of The Hindu wrote "The whole appearance, aesthetics and structure of the movie harks back to a time gone by in Malayalam cinema. In that sense, the movie is almost like the titular character Ganagandharvan, who has become irrelevant, but doesn't know ".[26]
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