''Thalolam'' is a 1998 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language drama film directed by

Jayaraj Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden ...

, 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 Murali in the lead roles.

Plot

Shankarunni, a violinist, and his wife Devu are mourning the loss of their daughter. Shankarunni's guru, a renowned singer and surrogate father, asks him to air out his troubles after a mistake-ridden violin performance from Shankarunni. The violinist relates how his house was like heaven with him and his wife lovingly raising their daughter and the daughter of his foster brother Haridas. Haridas, whose wife died after their daughter's birth, left his daughter at the care of Shankarunni and Devu to pursue his and his late wife's dream of a career in

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. Shankarunni reveals to his teacher that it was Haridas's daughter who was dead, and from guilt they said it was their daughter who died. His teacher gives him the strength through wisdom to finally settle in enjoying his life with the decision and taking care of the young girl of his house. However, years later Haridas comes back for his daughter and the secrets hidden long ago threaten to rear its head.

Cast

as Chittor Haridas * Murali as Chittoor Sankaran Unni * Sreelakshmi as Devu * Rehana Navas as Seetha *

Bharath Gopi Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair (2 November 1937 – 29 January 2008), popularly known by the stage name Bharat Gopy, was an Indian actor, producer and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in ...

as Tathamangalam Swamy

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 9 songs, all composed 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 ...

. Lyrics were by Kaithapram and P. G. Sasi.

References

External links

* 1998 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub