One Man Show (film)

One Man Show
Directed by	Shafi
Written by	Rafi Mecartin
Produced by	Girish Vaikom
Starring	Jayaram Mukesh Lal Samyuktha Varma
Narrated by	Lal
Cinematography	Anandakuttan
Edited by	K. P. Hariharaputhran
Music by	Suresh Peters (songs) Rajamani (score)
Production company	Aswathey Films
Distributed by	Lal Release Rafa International
Release date	December 25, 2001 (2001-12-25)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

One Man Show is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Shafi (in his directorial debut) and written by the Rafi Mecartin duo. It stars Jayaram, Mukesh, Samyuktha Varma, Lal, Manya, Kalabhavan Mani and Narendra Prasad. The story unfurls itself in the course of a TV game show.^[1] This film was a huge commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as Kalakkura Chandru (2007).

Cast

• Jayaram as Adv. Jayakrishnan
• Mukesh as Himself: Host of One Man Show
• Samyuktha Varma as Adv. Radhika Menon, Jayakrishnan's Fiancée and Wife
• Lal as Harinarayanan
• Kalabhavan Mani as Adv. Ponnappan, Jayakrishnan's friend and Junior Advocate
• Manya as Dr. Raziya, Jayakrishnan's friend
• Narendra Prasad as Adv. K. R. Menon, Radhika's father
• Janardhanan as Raveendran, Harinarayanan's brother
• Salim Kumar as Bhaskaran, Mental Patient
• N. F. Varghese as Dr. Nambiar, Raveendran's friend
• Indrans as Achuthan, Menon's clerk and driver
• Cochin Haneefa as Prem, Contestant of One Man Show
• Machan Varghese as Pankajakshan
• T. P. Madhavan as Dr. Chandradas
• Kalabhavan Navas as Shahjahan, Raziya's ex-fiancé
• V. K. Sreeraman as Ahammed Haji, Raziya's father
• Ramu as Jailor
• Manka Mahesh as Jayakrishnan's Sister (voice by Anandavally)
• Radhika as Aswathi, Jayakrishnan's niece
• Renjith K R as a mental patient

Soundtrack

The songs in this movie were written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and was given music by Suresh Peters. The music was distributed by Sathyam Audios.

• "Pavizhamalar Penkodi": M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra
• "Rosappoo Rosappoo": M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra
• "Kasithumba": P. Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha
• "Adyathe": P. Jayachandran
• "Rakkadambil": M. G. Sreekumar, Mano
• "Oru Mulam": Srinivas, Sujatha Mohan
• "Neelaravil": M. G. Sreekumar
• "Niramazhayil": Mano, Sujatha Mohan, Suresh Peters, Chorus
• "Kasithumba Poove": P. Unnikrishnan

Reception

A critic from Screen wrote that "One Man Show, produced by Girish Vaikkom under the banner of Aswathey Films and directed by debutante Shafi, tries a novel approach as far as narration is concerned".^[2] A critic from Sify wrote that "The Tenkasipattanam team does not get their story correct,as in the second half the film drags on. Still thanks to Jayaram and Mukesh,the film just manages to keep afloat".^[3] A critic from Kalakeralam.com wrote that "Since their last rib-tickler Thenkasippattanam was a laugh riot, one would expect Rafi-Mecartin to ting their next film with a profuse dose of humor. But, the maiden directorial venture of Shafi, One Man Show lacks the spark, verve and fun pace of Thenkasippattanam".^[4]

References

1. "One Man Show". Cine South. Archived from the original on 23 October 2002.
2. Unni R. Nair (11 January 2002). "One Man Show: Novel approach". Screen India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010.
3. Moviebiz. "Review: One Man Show". Sify. Archived from the original on 20 March 2005.
4. "Film Review - ONE MAN SHOW". Kalakeralam.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.

External links

• One Man Show at IMDb