Rashtram

Rashtram (transl. Nation) is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language political action film directed by Anil C. Menon and produced by C. Karunakaran. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Laya and Sai Kumar. This movie was above average at the box office.^[1][2][3]

Rashtram
DVD cover
Directed by	Anil C. Menon
Written by	Sajeevan
Produced by	C. Karunakaran
Starring	Suresh Gopi Laya Sai Kumar
Cinematography	Jibu Jacob
Edited by	Don Max
Music by	Deepak Dev (songs) S. P. Venkatesh (score)
Production company	Carlton Films
Release date	17 March 2006 (2006-03-17)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Malaikkal Joseph alias Ouseppachan is a politician. The chief minister, Janardhanan Kurup is his friend, along with Gopalan. One day, Janardhanan Kurup dies in hospital after having a heart attack at a meeting. Before dying, he tells Ouseppachan that he wants him to be the minister. Ouseppachan ponders this and calls other people of the Party. In the end, he says that he is unfit and makes his son Thomas alias Thommi, the next chief minister. Thommi sorts out many problems. But corrupt ministers have a grudge against him. They launch an attack on Thommi's house and Ouseppachan is killed by a lorry. Thommi takes revenge by killing them on the Republic Day.

Cast

• Suresh Gopi as Chief Minister Maliyekkal Thomas Joseph (Thommi)
• Madhu as Maliyekkal Joseph (Ouseppachan), Thomas's father
• Laya as Celine
• Nedumudi Venu as ex-Chief Minister Janardhanan Kurup
• Thilakan as Opposition Leader Sakhavu Gopalan
• Janardanan as Keshava Menon
• Sai Kumar as Nooruddin
• Vijayaraghavan as Medayil Chandichen
• Adithya Menon as Ameer Musthafa
• Bheeman Raghu as Koshy
• Meghanathan as Medayil Peter, Chandy's son
• Suresh Krishna as Mukundan Menon, Keshava Menon's son
• Suraj Venjaramoodu Party member, Lonappan
• V. K. Sreeraman as Minister Varadarajan
• Sona Nair as Thommi's sister
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Thommi's mother
• Pallavi Narayanan as Thommi's niece
• Chali Pala as Williams
• Baiju Ezhupunna as Stephen
• Babu Swamy as Bahuleyan Pillai
• P. Sreekumar as Vettichira Sadasivan
• Kollam Ajith as Kunjappan
• T. P. Madhavan as Govindan
• Prem Prakash as Charles
• Subair as CI Basheer
• Sadiq as Abdullah
• Ponnamma Babu as Gomati

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deepak Dev.^[4]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Oru Koodi Mangalam	K. J. Yesudas, Rachana John	Kaithapram	04:09
2	Puthu Vasantham	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Chorus		04:20
3	Oru Koodi (Slow)	K. J. Yesudas, Rachana John		04:24
4	Rasthram Theme	Instrumental		02:24