''Paattinte Palazhy'' is a 2010

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directed by

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. The film has

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and

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in lead roles.

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and

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also play prominent roles in this film. Meera plays the role of a playback singer in the film.

plays the father to

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's character.

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plays a full-length role in this film. The movie featured six songs written by veteran

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. The music was being produced by Dr. Suresh Manimala, a debutant in the film industry. It was a grand

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release. The movie will be remembered for the first state award for the ace singer Hariharan for the song 'Pattu Paduvan', composed by Dr. Suresh Manimala.

Plot

Veena (

) aspires to become a world-renowned singer. When she realizes that the music within her has no ways of flowing out, she is driven almost to madness, but eventually finds a way to express it. Her father Sheshadri, Guru Usthad, Aamir, Dr. Aparna, Ganapathi, and young music director Sreehari compete for their share of her voice. With their help, she finds the best way to share her music.

Cast

as Veena *

Manoj K. Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadom Jayan also known as Manoj K.Jayan is an Indian actor of Malayalam and Tamil films. He has also done a few Telugu and Kannada films and has also acted in a Bollywood film. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Se ...

as Ameer *

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as Dr. Aparna *

as Seshadri * Balabhaskar (voice dubbed by sarath ) *

as Usthad Ameer * Krishna Kumar * Prem Kumar * Sooraj Fasiluddin(guest role) * Shomy Easow as Sunny * Saji Sadasivan

Production

The filming was started on 2 January 2010. Major parts were shot from

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and

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Soundtrack

The film features a soundtrack written by veteran poet

O. N. V. Kurup Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He receive ...

and composed by the debutant Dr. Suresh Manimala.

References

Suresh Manimala at MSI

External links

* *{{IMDb title, id=1776967, title=Pattinte Palazhi * http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7208/malayalam/pattinte-palazhy/index.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20120612030942/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/7226/pattinte-palazhi.html 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010 films Films scored by Balabhaskar