Annayum Rasoolum
| Annayum Rasoolum | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Rajeev Ravi |
| Produced by |
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| Screenplay by | Santhosh Echikkanam |
| Story by |
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| Starring | |
| Music by | K |
| Cinematography | Madhu Neelakantan |
| Edited by | B. Ajithkumar |
Production company |
D-Cutz Film Company |
| Distributed by | E4 Entertainments |
Release dates |
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Running time | 167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | ₹2.44 crore (US$360,000) |
Annayum Rasoolum (English:Anna and Rasool) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam romance film, co-written and directed by Rajeev Ravi. Rajeev co-wrote the screenplay with G. Sethunath and Santhosh Echikkanam. The film stars Fahadh Faasil and Andrea Jeremiah in lead roles.[1] The story revolves around the relationship between a young Muslim taxi driver and a Latin Christian girl from Vypeen.[2] The music and background score were composed by K. The film released on 4 January 2013 and was a commercial success at the box-office.[3]
Plot
The movie is told through the narration of Ashley (Sunny Wayne) who is working in merchant navy and is signing off in Kochi for the second time. The movie starts with Ashley recollecting the events happened in his last sign off at Kochi . Rasool (Fahadh Faasil) is a tourist taxi driver from a modest area in kochi city. He falls in love with Anna (Andrea Jeremiah) a Latin Christian girl who works as sales girl in a popular apparel shop. It takes time for Rasool to convince Anna and make her understand his love for her; he always follows her as she travels regularly to her work place. One day Ashley has to pick his relative from the textile shop. Using Rasool he plans to pick them up in his taxi and there he finds out that Anna is also going to return home in the same taxi. They make a quick pit stop at a church where Anna leaves her bag in the taxi. Rasool peeks inside and gets her number from the phone. Rasool is nervous and shy at first but his friends persuade him to text her through phone. No replies comes at first. Then one day, Rasool approaches Anna and tells her that he loves her. Anna is surprised and stunned and moves away without an answer. The following day Rasool is sick and stays home. Anna boards the ship like every other day but is anxious since Rasool was not around anywhere she went that day. Anna seems restless as she cannot stop thinking about Rasool and why he had not come to see her. She can not wait longer and she desperately texts Rasool on the phone. Rasool on receiving the message rushes to see Anna. Anna further tells him that she is scared and tells him it will not work out. Rasool then explains that he loves her no matter what and religion does not affect his affection towards her. Then Anna calls him one day to go to a convent where a nun tries to persuade Rasool to change his religion for marriage which Rasool declines. In the later part of the movie, we find that this nun is Anna's elder sister who had gone to convent after a love failure. Ashley, who had a soft corner for her, does not reveal it to her even after finding out about her love failure. The rest of the movie narrates incidents happening around Anna & Rasool, their love for each other and those who are close to them. In the climax, due to some misunderstanding, Anna commits suicide, and this takes a toll on Rasool. The next year Ashley comes back again for another leave and says that he has got back his girl, who is none other than Anna's elder sister to whom he finally reveals his love. She joins him leaving the convent life. He tries to find Rasool, but is not successful .
A few scenes are added where the now lone Rasool travels in a local train, suggesting that he left Vypin for good and moved to Mumbai.
Cast
- Fahadh Faasil as Rasool, hails from Mattancherry, a street smart driver of a tourist taxi in Fort Kochi.
- Andrea Jeremiah as Anna, a salesgirl in a sari shop in Kochi, is from Vypeen.
- Sunny Wayne as Ashley
- Soubin Shahir as Collin
- Ranjith as Usman
- Shine Tom Chacko as Abu
- Srinda Ashab as Fazila
- Aashiq Abu as Hyder
- Sija Rose as Lily
- P. Balachandran as Rasheed
- M. G. Sasi
- Joy Mathew as Anna's father
- Jins Baskar as Jismon
- Shane Nigam
Soundtrack
| Annayum Rasoolum | |
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| Soundtrack album by K | |
| Released | 12 December 2012 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Length | 25:28 |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Label | Manorama Music |
| Producer | K |
The soundtrack was composed by K, who made his debut in Malayalam Cinema. It features remix versions of two songs by Mehboob.[4] The song "Kandu Randu Kannu" was written by P. A. Kasim and set to music by M. S. Baburaj for the 1973 film Chuzhi while the song "Kaayalinarike" was written by Meppalli Balan. Anwar Ali wrote three songs: "Kando Kando", "Yaname" and "Vazhivakkil". Rafeeq Thiruvallur has written "Zammilooni", which is in Arabi-Malayalam dialect.[5]
The audio was released on 12 December 2012. For the audio release held in Fort Kochi that forms the backdrop of his film, Rajeev Ravi organised a mehfil of Mehboob songs.
| Tracklist | |||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Kaayalinarike" | Shahabaz Aman | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Kando Kando" | Andrea Jeremiah | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Vazhivakkil" | Anand Aravindakshan, Swetha Mohan | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Yaaname" | Anand Aravindakshan | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Zammiluni" | Shahabaz Aman | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Kandu Randu Kannu" | Shahabaz Aman | |
Total length: |
25:28 | ||
Critical reception
In the review in Rediff, Paresh C Palicha stated that Annayum Rasoolum "is worth an applauding" and that while "[h]ardly anything happens" in the first half, "we do not complain because whatever he shows is interesting." Palicha also calls out the work of Aashiq Abu, Shine Tom Chacko, Ranjith, and Soubin Shahir.[6]
Dalton L of Upperstall says that Annayum Rasoolum follows none of the laid-down rules of the neorealist school of film-making but strives nevertheless to be real and partially succeeds. [7]
Box office
IBN Live reported that, 'Annayum Rasoolum' is the first Malayalam hit of the year.[8]
Awards and recognition
- Best Audiography - Radhakrishnan S.
- Best Cinematography - Madhu Neelakantan
- Best Editor - B. Ajithkumar
- Best Colourist - Jayadev Thiruveiyapati
References
- ↑ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121210/entertainment-kollywood/article/annayum-rasoolum-all-set-release
- ↑ http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/cinemadetails.asp?ncode=2277
- ↑ Annayum Rasoolum is the first Malayalam hit of the year CNN-IBN 23 January 2013
- ↑ "That forgotten maverick’s voice…"
- ↑ http://www.m3db.com/node/30642
- ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-annayum-rasoolum-is-worth-a-watch/20130107.htm
- ↑ http://www.upperstall.com/films/2013/annayum-rasoolum
- ↑ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/annayum-rasoolum-is-the-first-malayalam-hit-of-the-year/317293-71-210.html