''Laptop'', also known as ''My Mother's Laptop'', is a 2008 Malayalam film by

Rupesh Paul Rupesh Paul is an Indian film director, poet, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films Kamasutra 3D, Saint Dracula 3D and The Secret Diaries of Monalisa. Early life He graduated in Computer Science Engineering from University o ...

starring

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...

and

Padmapriya Padmapriya (born Padmalochani; died 16 November 1997) was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first movie was in Telugu, ''Adapillala Tandri'' (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with '' Bangarada Gudi' ...

. The film is based on a short story titled 'Parudheesa Nashtam' by

Subhash Chandran Subhash Chandran (born 1972) born in Kerala, India, is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and journalist best known for the 2010 novel '' Manushyanu Oru Aamukham''. His stories "Vadhakramam", "Sanmargam", "Parudeesa Nashtam" and "Gotham" ...

Plot

Ravi is a famous theatre artist. He returns home after thirty long years and finds that his mother is in a coma state following some terminal illness. His guilt feelings and deep regrets of having deserted her forces him to leave his profession and stay at the hospital with his mom. His girlfriend Payal comes from Calcutta to console him and persuade him to return to his profession. But he is adamant.

Cast

as Ravi *

Shweta Menon Shwetha Menon is an Indian actress, model and television anchor. She won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil Language Fil ...

as Ravi's mother *

as Payal *

Urmila Unni Urmila Unni is an Indian classical dancer and actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Her daughter Utthara Unni is also an actress. Personal life Unni was born on June 14th, 1962 into a royal family as the daughter of K. C. Anuja ...

* Madhuben * Harikrishnan Nair S

Soundtrack

Reception

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gave the film a score of 1/5, praising the promising opening of the film, but felt that the movie lost its momentum pretty soon.

References

External links

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* http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/5018/malayalam/my-mothers-laptop/index.htm * http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/10021.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090907071323/http://www.cinefundas.com/2008/07/30/laptop-malayalam-movie-review * https://archive.today/20130218010421/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/515/laptop.html 2000s Malayalam-language films 2008 films Films based on short fiction Films scored by Sreevalsan J. Menon Films directed by Rupesh Paul {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub