''Orange'' is a 2012 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 film directed by Biju Varkey who had earlier directed films like ''Devadasi'', ''Chandranilekkulla Vazhi'' and ''Phantom''.

Plot

Yakobi is an orphan who works in a dairy farm, where he drives his own lorry on a contract basis. ''Orange'' is the name of his lorry. He falls in love with Saritha and they marry. His sisters and relatives are not informed of this marriage. Later Saritha bears a daughter, Orange. Whenever he goes to his native place, his relatives enquire why he remains a bachelor. As usual when Yakobi was returning to Kambam after visiting his native place, a man asked him a free lift. While continuing their journey Yakobi learns that his name is Jith and he is going to an interview for a job in the dairy farm where Yakobi works. But they fail to arrive at the farm within time. Yakobi arranges a temporary job for Muthu at the dairy farm. When Yakobi meets one of his old friends Baboottan, he invites him to his house and this serves as the turning point in the story.

Cast

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ov ...

as Yakobi *

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...

as Baboottan *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

as Ashan *

Jaffar Idukki Jaffar Idukki is an Indian actor, impressionist, and comedian, who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Started his career with the 2007 film ''Kaiyoppu'', he has acted in about hundred films and has performed in a number of comedy sta ...

as Baboottan *

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in � ...

as Saritha *

Machan Varghese M. L. Varghese (1960 – 3 February 2011), popularly known by stage name Machan Varghese, was a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan (house of arts) and debuted as an actor through ''K ...

as Allavuddin *

Manikandan Pattambi Manikandan Pattambi ( ml, മണികണ്ഠൻ പട്ടാമ്പി) is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He's best known for his roles in Malayalam television. He became famous for his character ''Sathyasheelan'' in the si ...

Sona Nair Sona Nair (born 4 March 1975) is an Indian actress working mainly in Malayalam cinema who is also best known for roles in Soap opera, television soaps. Personal life Sona Nair attended Al-Uthuman Higher Secondary School, Kazhakoottam, Trivan ...

as Pullachi Thanku * Prakash Nath as Jithu *

Saravanan Saravanan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females. It is one of the names of the Hindu god Murugan. It may refer to: *Saravanan (actor) *M. Saravanan ( ...

as Thevar * Diya Babu as Orange

Production

Biju Varkey and Suresh Kochamminy have jointly written the story. The director Biju Varkey himself has written the dialogue. Ramalingam handles the cinematography. The movie has been produced under the banner of Swaraj films by Ravi Bangalore. The music was given by Manikanth Kadri for the lyrics written by Rafeeque Ahmed and Afzal Yusuf composed one song with lyrics by C.R. Menon. The film has been shot on locations at Marayoor.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 5 songs, all composed by Manikanth Kadri and Afzal Yusuf. Lyrics by

Rafeeq Ahmed Rafeeq Ahmed (born 17 December 1961) is a Malayalam poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a five-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs in his cr ...

, C. R. Menon and Muthamizhu.

References

2012 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Afzal Yusuf {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub