Vismayam (1998 film)

For the 2016 Malayalam film, see Vismayam (2016 film).

Vismayam is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-languageComedy film Written and directed by Raghunath Paleri and produced by CC Cine Vision. The film stars Dileep, Innocent, Sreenivasan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Rajan P. Dev in lead roles. It features music composed by Johnson. This film is the first in Malayalam to have a magical realism element in narration.^[1][2][3]

Vismayam
Directed by	Raghunath Paleri
Screenplay by	Raghunath Paleri
Starring	Dileep Innocent Sreenivasan K. P. A. C. Lalitha Rajan P. Dev
Cinematography	Venugopal
Edited by	K. Shankunni
Music by	Johnson
Production company	CC Cine Vision
Distributed by	CC Cine Vision
Release date	8 April 1998 (1998-04-08)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Cast

• Dileep as Dinakaran
• Innocent as Narayanan Master
• Sreenivasan as Sahadevan
• Rajan P.Dev as Thumbaseery Kuruppu
• Cochin Haneefa as Janardhana Kuruppu
• Jose Pellissery as Kochukrishnan
• Jagathy Sreekumar as S.I Muhamed Paraykkal
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Adhikari
• Sreedurga as Chinnammini/Rugmini
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Kochammini
• Manka Mahesh as Ammini
• Amitha Sebastian as Radha
• Mukundan as Chandrappan
• Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Chinna Kurupp
• Zeenath as Valsala
• Spadikam George as D.S.P Ambujaksha Kuruppu
• Bindu Panicker as Sathyabhama
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Nalinakshan
• Kochu Preman as Rama Kuruppu
• Poojappura Radhakrishanan as Panicker
• Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy as Chinna Kurup's mother and Rugmini's biogical grand mother
• Kunjandi as Shankaran Mesthari
• Meena Ganesh as Sahadevan's Mother

Plot

Dinakaran and Radha are son and daughter of Retd. Narayanan Master and late Ammini. Narayanan Master is still in his beloved wife's memories and wish to see her only daughter Radha's wedding. He have a land feud with rich man in village Thumbassery Kurup over the land where his wife's body is cremated. During the day of wedding decision the thieves arranged by Thumbassery Kurup steal their gold which they collected in years for wedding and try to put blame on groom Sahadevan to stop marriage. Kurup also plans to marry his brother in law with Rugmini forcibly by agreement with her uncle Chinna Kurup on same date which Radha's marriage is fixed because the date have a good horoscope. Dinakaran and Narayan Mesthiri become agitated on this news and plans for revenge. So they plan to steal back their properties from Thumbassery Kurup. So Dinakaran and villagers try stealing the keys for the godown which is now coowned by both Kurup as an agreement of wedding. They took back all things which were stolen by Kurup from villagers . During the attempt of stealing keys Dinakaran saves Rugmini from suicide attempt and brings her home and renames her Chinnammini with a fake identity. Soon Dinakaran and Rugmini fall in love.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Johnson and lyrics was written by S. Ramesan Nair and Raghunath Paleri.

No.	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
1	"Ezhaam Nalu" (Male voice)	K. J. Yesudas	S. Ramesan Nair
2	"Ezhaam Nalu" (Female voice)	K. S. Chithra	S. Ramesan Nair
3	"Kothichathum"	M. G. Sreekumar	Raghunath Paleri
4	"Kunkuma Poo	K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra	S. Ramesan Nair
5	"Mookkilla Naakkilla"	Johnson	Raghunath Paleri