Pothan Vava Explained

Pothan Vava
Director:	Joshiy
Producer:	Lal
Starring:	Mammootty Usha Uthup
Music:	Alex Paul
Cinematography:	Sanjeev Sankar
Editing:	Ranjan Abraham
Runtime:	140 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Malayalam

Pothan Vava is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Joshiy starring Mammootty and Usha Uthup. Through this film, the famous Indian pop and bollywood singer Usha Uthup made her first screen appearance where she played the role of the protagonist’s mother.^{[1] [2]} The film was released on October 21 coinciding with Diwali. Pothen Vava was credited for an excellent performance and commercial success.

Cast

• Mammootty as Kurisuveettil Pothan Vava
• Usha Uthup as Kurisuveettil Mariamma
• Nedumudi Venu as Meppattor Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri
• Gopika as Advocate Gladys
• Bijukuttan as Mathai
• Rajan P. Dev as Vakkachan
• Spadikam George as Antochan
• Maniyanpilla Raju as Paulachan
• Sai Kumar as Sivankutty
• Samvrutha Sunil as Gayathri
• Kalasala Babu as Fr. Abraham
• Biju Pappan as Thommichan
• Augustine as Kurian
• Kunchan as Panikkar
• Baburaj as Michael
• Ponnamma Babu as Antochan's wife
• Nisha Sarang as Paulachan's wife
• Deepika Mohan
• Narayanankutty
• Lal as himself (Guest Appearance)

Music

The score and soundtrack of the movie was composed by Alex Paul, with lyrics written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma.

1. "Vave Makane" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Usha Uthup
2. "Vave Makane" - Afsal, Madhu Balakrishnan, Pradeep Palluruthy, Ramesh Babu
3. "Nerane Ellam Nerane" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Reju Joseph, Manjari
4. "Omkarathidambulla" - M. G. Sreekumar
5. "Manjadi Manimuth" - M. G. Sreekumar, Jyotsna
6. "Raga" (Bit) - Jyotsna, Chorus

Box office

The film was commercial success At Box Office^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mammootty does well in Pothen Vava. Rediff. 23 October 2006.
2. Web site: Pothen Vava Review. Unni. Nair. NOWRUNNING.
3. Web site: MAN of the MASSES. The Hindu. 14 October 2011.