''Holidays'' is 2010

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film directed by M M Ramachandran ( Atlas Ramachandran), starring

Vinu Mohan Vinu Mohan (born 12 May 1986) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut with the 2007 film '' Nivedyam'', directed by A. K. Lohithadas. He is the grandson of the actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, son of actors K. ...

, Rejith Menon, Muktha and

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in the lead roles. The film is about a few IT professionals, who arrive at

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and get entangled in a web of problems.

Plot

The story involves a bunch of youngsters Alby (

), Janet ( Muktha), Riya (

),Soumitran (Rejith), Sudhi (Sudheesh) and a few others who are planning the elopement of Sudhi and his lover, since Sudhi's lover is about to get engaged to Vinod (

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) who is also a tough cop. On the way they rescue a pretty young girl by the name of Lekha (Sruthi Lakshmi) from the hands of a few ruffians, but later find the girl murdered. They flee to a tea estate in

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, but the murderer is close at hand.

Cast

as Alby * Muktha as Janet *

as Riya *

Rejith Menon Rajith CR, better known as Rajith Menon, is an Indian actor who made his debut through the 2007 Malayalam movie '' Goal''. Personal life Rajith Menon did his schooling in Abu Dhabi Model School, and continued his bachelor's degree in mechani ...

as Soumitran * Sudheesh as Sudhi *

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as Lekha Paul *Biyon *

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as Thangappan *

as Vinod *Anoop Chandran as Veeramani *Roopasree Asokan *

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*Karatte Raja *Nimisha *

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* Ambika Mohan as Vinod's mother *Mini Arun *Jolly

Production

The film is produced by T. Satheesh Babu, under the banner of Cinema Factory, and directed by businessman and chairman of Atlas Group, M M Ramachandran ( Atlas Ramachandran). It is his first venture as a director, but he has produced certain critically acclaimed films like '' Vaishali'', ''Dhanam'' etc., and has acted in films like ''

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'', ''

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'' etc.Movie Preview and Synopsis
Nowrunning.com According to him, the film is aimed at youngsters. The filming occurred at various locations in India like

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and Kochi and on foreign locales as

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Soundtrack

The original score and songs were composed by

Alex Paul Alex Paul is an Indian music director who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life Alex is the son of A. M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first orchestra (in Malayalam: 'ganamela') troupe in Kochi & Philomina. He is the younger brother ...

, with lyrics penned by

Kaithapram Padma Shri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum K ...

and Santhosh Varma. The soundtrack received mixed responses. ''Nowrunning'' published a positive review commenting that "Alex Paul's music is the only fair thing in this film." ''Sifys review was negative saying, "Alex Paul’s tunes are pretty ordinary". They also commented that "A song pops out every other moment, which is almost always a dream sequence."

Release and reception

The movie was released on 12 November 2010, in thirty six theatres by Cinema Factory Release. The film was met with nearly unanimous negative reviews. Several critics reviewed that the movie lacked a good script and the direction by the businn tycoon was worse than poor. A review by ''Nowrunning.com'' said that, "Holidays is a film that seriously lacks a few things, the most prominent among which would be a script that is worthy of being made into a film and more importantly some sensible direction." ''

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'' reviewed the film saying, "With a ridiculous plot that has been presented as a thriller, Dr.M M Ramachandran’s Holidays is an amateurish attempt, to say the least. The script, visuals, music and the performances doesn’t help in making things better either."

References

External links

Nowrunning articleSify reviewMetromatinee article
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