Dhinarathrangal Explained

Dhinarathrangal
Director:	Joshi
Producer:	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Starring:	Mammootty Sumalatha Mukesh Parvathi Siddique
Music:	Ouseppachan (songs) Shyam (BGM)
Cinematography:	Jayanan Vincent
Editing:	K. Shankunny
Country:	India
Language:	Malayalam

Dhinarathrangal is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language film written by Dennis Joseph, directed by Joshi and produced by S. V. Krishna Reddy and starring Mammootty, Sumalatha and Mukesh.^[1] The score and soundtrack were composed by Shyam. The film was inspired by the Hindi film Achanak (1973).

Cast

• Mammootty as Aravindan
• Sumalatha as Dr. Savithri
• Mukesh as Ajayan
• Parvathy as Treesa
• Siddique as Farm Labourer
• Prathapachandran as Doctor
• Devan as Unni
• Karamana Janardanan Nair as Sankarath Madhava Menon
• Babu Namboothiri as Thomachan
• Rohini as Ponni
• Philomina as Aravindan's Mother
• Sukumari as Lakshmi
• Jose Prakash as Commissioner Unnithan
• Jagannatha Varma as Madhava Menon's Brother-in-law
• Vijayaraghavan as Sasi
• Ganesh Kumar
• Mohan Jose
• Azeez as Minister
• Baiju as Biju
• Santha Devi as Naniyamma
  • Jagannathan Kunchan as Hospital Attendant

Release

The film was released on 21 January 1988.

Box office

The film was not a commercial and critical success.^[2]

Songs

There is only one song in the film, "Thirunellikkadu Poothu". It was written by Shibu Chakravarthy, composed by Ouseppachan and sung by M. G. Sreekumar and K. S. Chithra. The song was shot by writer Dennis Joseph and features Mukesh and Parvathy.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade . 30 Dec 2018.
2. Web site: Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade. Mathrubhumi. 30 December 2018.
3. News: പാർവതി ചിത്രത്തിലെ മനോഹര ഗാനങ്ങൾ (Beautiful songs from actress Parvathy's movies) . 17 Jul 2019.