''Ithu Pathiramanal'' (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: ''Sands of Night'') is a 2013

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

action film directed by

M. Padmakumar M. Padmakumar is an Indian film director working in Malayalam cinema. He began his career working as an assistant director to a number of leading directors and later became an independent director through ''Ammakilikkoodu'' in 2003. His best kn ...

starring

Unni Mukundan Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...

in the lead role with

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 ...

and

Ramya Nambeeshan Remya Nambeesan (born 24 March 1986) is an Indian actress, playback singer and dancer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema. She started her career as an actress through the 2000 film ''Sayahnam''. She has acted in more than 65 films includi ...

. The shooting locations are in

Marayur Marayur or Marayoor is a town in Devikulam taluk of Idukki district in Kerala, India. It is located 42 kilometers north of Munnar on SH 17 connecting Munnar with Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu. Marayur is situated at around 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) abo ...

Pathiramanal Pathiramanal ( ml, പാതിരാമണൽ) is a small island in Muhamma panchayat of Alappuzha district located in Vembanad Lake. The name ''Pathiramanal'' means 'midnight sand'. The scenic beauty of both sides of the lake as well as th ...

and

Alapuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in state of Kerala, India. The Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in India which attracts millions of domestic and internat ...

. The film become a flop at the box office.

Plot

The story is about a private financer Eldho, who lives in a hill station with his mother. His mother had become mentally challenged after she was raped by a police constable during Eldho's childhood. His mother conceived from the rape and gave birth to a baby girl. Johnkutty, Eldho's father is avenging his wife's rape by going after the police constable and unfortunately dies. After Eldho has grown up, he reaches

, a place in Kuttanad, in search of the constable to take revenge. There he meets Sara. He realizes that Sara is the daughter of the constable.

Cast

as Eldho *

as Johnkutty *

Remya Nambeesan Remya Nambeesan (born 24 March 1986) is an Indian actress, playback singer and dancer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema. She started her career as an actress through the 2000 film ''Sayahnam''. She has acted in more than 65 films includin ...

as Sara * Pradeep Rawat as Shouri *

Bhagath Manuel Bhagath Manuel (born November 26, 1986) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in Vineeth Sreenivasan's '' Malarvadi Arts Club''. He is known for his performance in '' Doctor Love'' and ''Thattathin Marayathu ...

as Murukan *

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as Ambika *

Kunchan Kunchan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kunchan Nambiar Kunchan Nambiar was a prominent Malayalam poet of the 18th century (1705-1770). Apart from being a prolific poet, Nambiar is also famous as the originator of the da ...

as Chellapanashari * Mahesh *

Anil Murali Anil Murali (12 April 1964 – 30 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. He started out in the film industry as a villain before later taking on character roles. He died on 30 July 2020, as a re ...

as Thankan * Master Siddharth * Jyothi Krishna as Salomi *

P.Balachandran Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair (2 February 1952 – 5 April 2021) was an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He was known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Career Balachandran is best known for ...

as priest

Production

The shoot of the film started at Alappuzha in May. The shooting was stopped for a while because of lead actor

's injury during Vaadhyar film action sequence. Jayasurya was doing both the role of father and son in the film. But due to his injury, the son's role was filled by

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features three songs composed by Afzal Yusuff with lyrics by

Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma 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 ...

and Beeyar Prasad.

References

External links

* 2010s Malayalam-language films 2013 action drama films 2013 films Indian action drama films Films shot in Munnar Films shot in Alappuzha Films directed by M. Padmakumar {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub