''Utsavamelam'' (The Sound of Festival) is a

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Indian

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-language film directed by

Suresh Unnithan P. Suresh Unnithan (born 30 July 1956) is an Indian film and television director who works in Malayalam films. His most popular works are Mukha Chithram, Utsavamelam , Jaathakam, Bhagyavan, Aardram. Biography His start in film was as an as ...

and written by K. S. Bhasurachandran. The rivalry between two families and the unexpected middle man in these issues is the main theme of the film. The film was a moderate success.http://www.malayalacinema.com/userreview_utsava-melam.htm

Plot

''Thekkumpuram'' and ''Vadakkumpuram'' are rival branches of an aristocratic family in the village, and the focal point for their clashes is the right over the village temple and its festivals. It is apparent that there is no near resolution of the conflict as well as no room for negotiation between them. However, the annual festival in the village must go on and every year and it renews the confrontation between these two families and their supporters which apparently divided the village dangerously between two rivaling factions. The rights for the year's festival go to Vadakkumpuram family in a negotiation proposed by respected "Thirumeni" of the village.

Cast

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 ...

as Jayadevan *

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as Kanakaprabha *

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as Sreedevi *

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as Thekkumpuram Karnavar * Manoj K. Jayan as Bhagavathar *

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as Velichappadu *

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as Thirumeni *

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as Thankappan/Manoj Kumar *

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as Gopalan *

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as Nair *

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as Kalyaniamma *

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as Sankaran * Usha as Ashwathi *

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as Aswathi's mother *

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as Ammukuttyamma *

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as Kamalasanana Kuruppu * Nayana as Kalyani Kutty * Poojappura Radhakrishnan *

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as Kanakaprabha's foster mother * Unny Mery as Sreedevi *

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as Kuruppu *

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as Madhavankutty * Jagannathan as Govinda Menon *

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as DKP *

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as Shalini * Aliyar as Viswam * Haisham * Kailas Nath

Soundtrack

The film includes songs written by lyricist

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

Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film industr ...

References

External links

* 1990s Malayalam-language films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub