''Life Is Beautiful'' is a 2000 Indian

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-language

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written, directed and produced by Fazil. The film stars

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

and

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in lead roles, and features a soundtrack composed by

Ouseppachan Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film ...

. The film was released on 14 April 2000, and is partly a remake of the classic "

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", but titled was inspired by the 1997

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film of the same title ''

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''.

Plot

Vinayachandran and Sindhu are a happily married couple who enjoy romancing. Vinayachandran joins a public school as a Plus Two teacher. In the strict disciplined school, unlike other teachers, Vinayachandran is friendly and conducts enjoyable classes. The students gets easily carried away by his amiable nature. One day, Sindhu's sister Bala visits them and asks Sindhu's permission for leaving to the United States for her higher studies, which Sindhu disapproves bluntly. Later, Sindhu leaves for a professional tour, leaving Vinayachandran and Bala alone. Meanwhile, Bala tries to get intimate with Vinayachandran which annoys him and he asks her why she is behaving so childishly for which she replies that Sindhu was the only one she had in this world but now as she has married Vinayachandran, she is all alone. Vinayachandran understands her state of mind consoles her and asks her to behave like his sister. As the story progresses, much to Vinayachandran's dismay, Bala's behaviour gets more strange day by day. Vinayachandran also loses his job because of his in-academic style of teaching. Sindhu after her trip returns and Bala confesses that she tried to get intimate with Vinayachandran and hence intended to replace Sindhu. Sindhu is devastated by this revelation and stops talking to Vinayachandran. Vinayachandran gets his job back as his students stood up for him and asks the authority not to fire him. Sindhu agrees for Bala's US plans. Vinayachandran joins them at the railway station and together the couple bids good bye for Bala. The film ends with Sindhu repeating Vinayachandran's words to him that whatever happens in ''LIFE it IS always BEAUTIFUL''.

Cast

as Vinayachandran *

as Sindhu, Vinayachandran's wife *

Geetu Mohandas Gayatri Das (born 8 June 1981), known professionally as Geetu Mohandas, is an Indian actress and director known for her works in Malayalam cinema and Bollywood. In 2013, she directed the socio political film '' Liar's Dice'' which has received ...

as Bala, Sindhu's younger sister * Arun as Sooraj Kishore *

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as Nambiar *

K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a caree ...

as Sosamma *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

as Principal * Reena *

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as Sindhu's Manager * Sai Kumar as Suraj's father *

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as Vice Principal *

Mithun Ramesh Mithun Ramesh (born 4 May 1981) is an Indian actor and television presenter working in Malayalam films and television. He is also a radio jockey on Hit 96.7 FM in Dubai. He made his acting debut in 2000 with the film ''Life Is Beautiful''. In 2 ...

as Rajan Panicker

Soundtrack

The film features an eight-song

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composed by

, all songs' lyrics were written by

Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri 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 Kannet ...

. The music label T-Series released the soundtrack on 1 January 2012.

Production

The film marked the return of

Geethu Mohandas Gayatri Das (born 8 June 1981), known professionally as Geetu Mohandas, is an Indian actress and director known for her works in Malayalam cinema and Bollywood. In 2013, she directed the socio political film '' Liar's Dice'' which has received ...

, it was her first adult role after appearing in films as a child artist early in her life.

Legacy

On 5 September 2015 on the occasion of

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in India, ''

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'' included Mohanlal's Vinayachandran in their compilation of seven "Best Teachers in

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That You Will Never Forget".

References

External links

* {{Fazil (director) 2000 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Ouseppachan