Vinodayathra
Vinodaythra is a 2007 Malayalam romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, and starring
Dileep, Meera Jasmine, Mukesh, Murali, Innocent, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Seetha and Parvathy Thiruvothu . The film become box office success. Few scenes of the movie were reported to be inspired by the 2001 Korean movie My Sassy Girl.
Plot
It is the story of a good natured but irresponsible young man, Vinod who comes to a hilly village to live with his elder sister Vimala, brother in law, Shaji and his sister Rashmi. Shaji is an engineer at the irrigation department and Vinod wants to learn life from him, but end up creating problems for Shaji.Vinod meets a lot of people in the village and learns lessons of life from them, chiefly from Anupama whom he falls in love with. The film is a comedy, but ends up leaving a message for the audience like a typical Sathyan Anthikkadu movie.
Cast
- Dileep as Vinod
- Meera Jasmine as Anupama
- Mukesh as Shaji Raghavan
- Seetha as Vimala
- Parvathy as Reshmi
- Murali as Vijayan
- Innocent as Thankachan
- Nedumudi Venu as John Matthew
- K.P.A.C. Lalitha as John Mathew's Sister
- Mammukoya as Ananthan
- Vijayaraghavan as Rajappan
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Soshamma
- Babu Namboothiri as Vinod's and Vimala's Father
- Master Ganapathy as Ganapathi
- Reshmi Boban as Ambili
- Bindu Murali
- Sabitha Anand as Anupama's mother
- Manjusha Sajish
- Sethulakshmi as Saree Selling Woman
Box office
Music
The score and soundtrack of the film are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The songs are penned by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma. All songs became chartbusters.| Song Title | Singer |
| Akkikkokki | Vijay Yesudas |
| Kaiyetha | Manjari |
| Kaiyetha | Dr. K. J. Yesudas |
| Mandaarappoo mooli | Madhu Balakrishnan, Shweta Mohan |
| Mandaarappoo mooli | Madhu Balakrishnan |
| Thennippaayum | Afsal, Vineeth Sreenivasan |
Awards and Nominations
;Asianet Film Awards- Asianet Film Award for Best Actress - Meera Jasmine
- Asianet Film Award for Best Child Artist - Ganapathi S Poduval