''Camel Safari'' is a 2013 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Jayaraj Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden ...

which narrates a love story set in

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. The movie features Arun Shankar and Pankaja Menon in the lead roles.

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, Neha Ramesh, Hashim Hussain, Vishnu Mohan and Anjali Ajayan plays supporting roles; Kamal Gaur, the villain of ''

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'', made a comeback. The filming of ''Camel Safari'' begun on 22 November 2012 at the

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in Rajasthan. It was completed in three schedules with the maximum being shot in Rajasthan (

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and Camel safari in Pushkar) and the rest in

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. The song rights of the film were sold to

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. The film ''Camel Safari'' was released on 26 September 2013.

Plot

Dia heroine of the movie is a management student in

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. She and four of her friends (Catherine, Hashim, Yamini and Chinna Gounder) visit Rajasthan for 15 days to attend a marriage. There she meets a Rajput boy Pavan and falls in love with him. What happens to her there after that in that unknown land makes the content of the film.

Cast

* Arun Shankar as Pavan * Pankaja Menon as Diya * Kamal Gaur as Vikram Singh *

as James Kallarakkal *

as College professor *

as Suparna Deedi *

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as Dhushyandhan * Neha Ramesh as Yamini * Anjali Ajayan as Catherine * Hashim Hussain as Hashim * Vishnu Mohan as Chinna Gounter

Reception

''Camel Safari'' was released on 26 September 2013.

Soundtrack

Music: Deepankuran, Lyrics:

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. The song "Kannum kannum" was copied from "

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", sung by

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. * "Aaraaro" - Aswathy Vijayan * "Suruma" - Shakthisree Gopalan * "Afreen" - Deepankuran * "Halwa" -

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* "Kannum Kannum" - Cicily, Sinov Raj * "Sayyan" - Aswathy Vijayan

References

External links

* * {{Jayaraj 2013 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Rajasthan Films shot in Jaipur Films shot in Karnataka Films set in Rajasthan Films set in Karnataka Films directed by Jayaraj