Ottayal Pattalam

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Ottayal Pattalam
Directed byT. K. Rajeev Kumar
Written byT. K. Rajeev Kumar
Kalavoor Ravikumar
StarringMukesh
Innocent
Madhoo
CinematographySunny Joseph
Edited byVenugopal
Music bySharreth
Distributed byCentury Films
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
133 min
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Ottayal Pattalam (transl. One man army) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language caper comedy film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. The film stars Mukesh and Madhoo, with Innocent and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in the supporting roles.[1][2] Sharreth scored the music for the film.[3]

Plot[edit]

Venu is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistaken by the police as the kidnapper of Gopika Varma, an NRI girl. Venu tries to solve his problems and prove his innocence. Meanwhile, he stays out of the sight of the police by pretending to be a retired Colonel. Amidst his efforts to prove his innocence, he falls in love with Gopika. When she finds he is innocent and gets to know everything that has happened without his knowledge, she falls for him. How Venu proves his innocence forms the rest of the plot. The true kidnapper turns out to be an African nationl.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Ottayal Pattalam
Soundtrack album by
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageMalayalam
Sharreth chronology
Kshanakkathu
(1990)
Ottayal Pattalam
(1991)
Rudraksham
(1992)

The film has two songs composed by Sharreth while the lyrics were written by P. K. Gopi.[4][5] The song "Mayamanchalil" is an Evergreen song.[6] The background score of the movie was by Johnson.

Track Singer(s) Lyrics
"Mayamanchalil Ithu" Radhika Thilak, G. Venugopal P. K. Gopi
"Thinthaktho" G. Venugopal P. K. Gopi

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Madhoo, happy birthday! | Bollywood Life". www.bollywoodlife.com-EN. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ^ Ottayal Pattalam (1992), retrieved 24 July 2019
  3. ^ "Composer Sharreth tuned this song on his heartbreak day". OnManorama. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ^ Kumar, P. K. Ajith (23 August 2012). "Top scorer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ IBTimes (21 September 2015). "Radhika Thilak death: 10 songs to remember deceased playback singer". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Manjakiliyude Moolipattu stops abruptly". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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