''Mahasamudram'' () is a 2006 Indian

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 ...

-language

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written and directed by S. Janardanan and produced by G. Suresh Kumar through

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. It 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 ...

Laila Mehdin Laila (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian actress. She has acted predominantly in Tamil films, as well as few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. Career She made her debut in the Telugu film ''Egire Paavurama'' (1996), dire ...

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, and Rahman. The film features songs composed by

M. Jayachandran Madhusoodanan Jayachandran is an Indian composer, singer, and musician. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for a record number of nine times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. In 2015, he wo ...

and background score by Kannan Sooraj Balan. ''Mahasamudram'' was released on the occasion of

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in 2006. It was a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

Isahak is a fisherman with his heart in the right place. He is the pivot around which an old-age home run by a priest revolves. Isahak bears the entire expenses of the home, one of whose inmates is his mentally ill father Velankani. Incidentally, Isahak is also the star player of his football club called Beach Eleven of Puthenkara. Their arch-rivals belonging to village Mattukara are named the Seven Stars. Mattukara is under the control of the villains. As it often happens, Isahak falls in love with Mattakara Chandran's sister Devi. The brother is not amused, and he vows to frustrate the lovers' plans. Unfazed, the lovers get married on the high seas and plan to spend their first night on the boat. The bride's brother is bent on killing the newly-wed couple. But fate has other ideas. In the melee that follows, Devi accidentally kills her brother. She is arrested, and a heartbroken Isahak is left to fend for himself. In another twist in the tale, the villains of Mattukara kidnap Isahak's father Velankani. Their condition for releasing him: Isahak should not play in the football match for Beach Eleven in the tournament. Meanwhile, Devi comes out of jail on parole. The denouement puts Isahak in a dilemma. He is caught between his wife and father.

Cast

as Isahak Velankanni *

as Velankanni, Isahak's father * Laila as Devi, Isahak's wife *

as Father Michael * Rahman as Rarichan *

Jagadeesh P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his comi ...

as Jackson * Krishnaprasad as Thampi * Sai Kumar as

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Sebastian George / Seban * Sethu N. V. as Prathapan *

Indrans Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...

as Kapyar * M. R. Gopakumar as Unni Pillai * Suja Karthika as Chandrika *

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as Mattakara Philipose * Rizabava as Mattakara Chandran *

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as Mattakara Reji * Biju Pappan as Mathews * Niyas Musliyar as Justin *

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as CI Alex *

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as Hima, Devi's sister * Manka Mahesh as Martha, Isahak's mother *

I. M. Vijayan Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (born 25 April 1969), also known by the nickname Kalo Harin (Blackbuck), is a former professional football player who also captained the India national football team. He played as a striker, where he formed a successf ...

as Himself *

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Production

The second schedule of filming was held at

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and

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. Climax scenes were shot at Vizhinjam Beach, Thiruvananthapuram.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains five songs, all composed by

and lyrics 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 ...

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released on 25 August 2006, but was postponed because the makers decided to shoot one more song featuring Mohanlal and to not compete with Mohanlal's ''Keerthichakra'' which was already running successfully in theatres. ''Mahasamudram'' was released on 1 September 2006 on the occasion of

Box office

''Mahasamudram'' was the top-grossing film among the

releases in

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in the initial weeks, beating ''

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''. However, ''Classmates'' surpassed the film in the following weeks. The film was a commercial success at the box office.

References

External links

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