''Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan'' () is a 2007 Indian

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-language film directed by

Vinayan T. G. Vinayakumar (born 16 May 1957), professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. Early life Vinayan is from ...

and written by Vishnu Vinayan, based on his own comic book. The movie stars Indrajith and

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...

in the lead roles.

Plot

The movie is narrated by Hareendra Varma, who is a rich young businessman. He is acquitted by the court in a sensational murder case. He begins narrating the story on the morning of the date of his death sentence. GK, or Gopalakrishnan, is Hareendran's close friend who thinks that money is the only important thing in life. He used to work sincerely for Hareendran's company, Starline Software Incorporated. Hareendran got a proposal from Indu, the daughter of a rich businessman. GK and his girlfriend Pooja helps Hareendran in meeting Indu and discussing things since Hareendran was a shy guy. Alex, who is an idealist, is in love with Indu. But they have silly quarrels, and many times, their respective egos do not permit them.

Cast

* Indrajith as Hareendra Varma *

as Gopalakrishnan *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

as Rajendran Vazhayila *Majeed as Indu's father *

Manikuttan Thomas James better known by his stage name Manikuttan or 'MK', is an Indian actor who prominently works in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for his role as Kayamkulam Kochunni in the famous TV serial of the same title broadcast by Sur ...

as Alex *

Narayanankutty Narayanan Kutty or Kalabhavan Narayanankutty is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films. He handles mainly comedy roles. Background Narayanan Kutty was born Ernakulam. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, ...

as Hareendran's servant *

Bhama Rekhitha R. Kurup, better known by her stage name Bhamaa, is a former Indian actress who mainly appeared in Malayalam and Kannada-language films. She made her cinematic debut in 2007 with the Malayalam film ''Nivedyam'', directed by A. K. Lohi ...

as Indu *

Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comp ...

* Sherin as Pooja *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Gulf Vasudevan * Bala as Comm.Rajan Mathew *

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as Hareendran's mother *Suja Menon

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Berny-Ignatius and the lyrics were written by

Sarath Vayalar Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma (born 12 February 1960) is a noted malayalam lyricist and poet. He is the son of Malayalam Popular poet and lyricist late Vayalar Ramavarma. He made his debut in the malayalam film industry through the 1990 malayalam ...

Rajeev Alunkal Rajeev Alunkal is a prominent poet, lyricist, music director and malayalam orator. He is best known for writing lyrics on romantic and philosophical themes. He has written numerous poems and songs. He is the former Chairman of Kumaranashan Smar ...

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' noted that "On the whole Vinayan had a very topical issue, which after his commercial packaging for entertainment purpose lost its focus and fizzled out. Better luck next time!". Paresh C. Palicha of ''

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'' rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and opined that "Vinayan may have got his heart in the right place in doing this film, but it lacks the head".

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2007 crime drama films 2007 films Indian crime drama films Films directed by Vinayan Films scored by Berny–Ignatius {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub