Beautiful (2011 film)
Beautiful | |
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Ratheesh Vegha | |
Production company | Yes Cinemas |
Distributed by | Yes Cinema Company SRT Films Dhanush Film Release |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Beautiful is a 2011 Indian
Plot
Stephen Louis (
John (Anoop Menon), a musician at a hotel, enters his life. John is completely opposite from Stephen's nature. He is always worried about the future. Though poles apart in their attitudes, both enjoy a good friendship and try to make each other happy. During this, they realize that they were childhood friends. But with the arrival of a beautiful home nurse named Anjali (Meghana Raj), the attitudes of both friends towards their lives turn around. The movie takes unexpected twists and turns and Anjali finally turns out to be Alex's mistress. Her real name is Annie. She had come to Louis's residence undercover to poison him and to steal him off his wealth, with Alex, who had taken advantage of Louis' openness with him, in on the vicious ploy. Unfortunately, John, who last visited Louis before his poisoning, was blamed. But after the police take John away, Alex's maid recognizes him and Anjali at the hospital, in which Louis was dying of poisoning. The police let go off John and arrest Alex and Anjali. Surprisingly, on a good note, Louis survives and the friends live together happily.
Cast
- quadriplegic.
- Anoop Menon as John, a musician.
- Meghana Raj as Anjali/Annie.
- Nandhuas Kamalu
- Jayan Cherthala as Karunan, the driver.
- Tini Tom as Alex Malaickal
- Unni Menon as Peter
- P. Balachandran as Advocate Chandy
- Aparna Nair as Meera
- Ammu Venugopal as John's sister
- Praveena as Doctor
- Thesni Khan as Kanyaka
- Kishore Kumar as Biju, Alex's friend
- Kochu Preman as Kunjachan, Alex's uncle
- Ponnamma Babu as Nancy, Alex's aunt
- Joju George
- Pauly Valsan
- Lishoy as Louis Varghese, Stephen's father
- Master Dhananjay as Stephen (as childhood)
Production
Anoop Menon says the film was inspired by a real life incident, the persisting memory of his quadriplegic childhood friend.[2] The film started its shooting in Kochi in September 2011. Other main Location was in Munnar.The film was first titled as "Ladies and Gentlemen" and was later changed to "Beautiful". It has been produced by Anand Kumar under the banner of Yes Cinema.[3]
Moral anarchy is the religion of the film's characters as they come out with volatile statements regarding marriage and loyalty. The casual reference to marital infidelity mouthed by Praveena's character in the film has irked many, but Anoop insists that he was just being realistic while penning the lines. "Even the films that come under the realistic tag hardly handle such subjects in honest and transparent manner. We camouflage the reality with flashy elements so that you don’t have to confront it openly. All my women characters are bold and I believe today’s women are daring enough to discuss such stuff," he says.[2]
Major portion of the movie was filmed from Bastion Bungalow in Fort Kochi, Kerala.[4]
Soundtrack
Beautiful | |
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Feature film soundtrack | |
Length | 23:16 |
Language | Malayalam |
Label | Manorama Music |
Producer | Anand Kumar |
The film's songs and background score were composed by
Beautiful was Anoop Menon's debut work as a lyricist. Menon says his debut as a lyricist was quite accidental. "On the second day of the shooting of Beautiful, music director Ratheesh Vega, actor Jayasurya, and I were chilling out in Ratheesh's car, when he asked me to pen some lines to try out a tune he'd composed for the film. The result is Mazhaneer Thullikal...," says the actor.
All lyrics are written by
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mazhaneer Thullikal" | Unni Menon | |
2. | "Moovanthiyaay" | Vijay Yesudas | |
3. | "Ninviral Thumbil" | Gayatri Asokan | |
4. | "Raapoovinum" | Naveen Iyer, Balu Thankachan, Ajith, Thulasi Yatheendran | |
5. | "Mazhaneer Thullikal" | Thulasi Yatheendran | |
6. | "Raapoovinum" (Movie Edit) | Balu Thankachan, Pradeep Chandrakumar, Ajith, Thulasi Yatheendran |
Release
The film was originally scheduled to release on 18 November but was pushed back to 2 December due to a strike in the Malayalam film industry.[7] It opened in 46 centres inside Kerala on 2 December. The film had its international premiere at the first Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) where it was one of the two Malayalam features to be screened.[8]
Reception
Paresh C. Palicha of
Box office
The film was a commercial success.[14][15]
Awards
- SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist - Anoop Menon for "Mazhaneerthullikal"
- Film Guidance Society of Kerala Film Awards
- Best Film
- Best Actor - Jayasurya
- Best Scriptwriter - Anoop Menon
- Best Music Director - Ratheesh Vegha
- Best Singer - Unni Menon
- Ramu Kariat Memorial Cultural Forum Awards
- Special Jury Award - Jayasurya
- Thikkurissi Foundation Awards (2012)[16]
- Second Best Actor - Jayasurya
- Best Script - Anoop Menon
- Best Cinematography - Jomon T. John
- Nana Film Awards
- Best Actor - Jayasurya
- Amrita TV Film Awards
References
- ^ "Review: Beautiful is a milestone in Malayalam cinema - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ a b Sudhish, Navamy. "Anoop Menon, on 'Beautiful'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "IndiaGlitz - Beautiful Malayalam Movie Preview". Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "വി.കെ പ്രകാശിന്റെ 'ബ്യൂട്ടിഫുള്' ഉടനെത്തും " Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. (in Malayalam). Veekshanam. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Beautiful (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes.
- ^ Parvathy S Nair. (9 December 2011). "Cocktail of Beautiful music for Ratheesh Vega". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (15 November 2011). "VK Prakash, Jayasurya: A beautiful reunion". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Jayesh (18 June 2012). "LIFF concludes". City Journal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Review: Beautiful is a milestone in Malayalam cinema". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "Beautiful Review". Nowrunning.com. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Beautiful - is a whiff of fresh air". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Beautiful". Sify Moviebuzz. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Beautiful Malayalam Movie Review". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Kerala Box-Office – Dec 16 to Jan 11". Sify. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- Rediff. 7 May 2011.
- IBN Live. Archived from the originalon 19 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Amrita Film Awards 2012 Announced". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Beautiful at IMDb
- Beautiful at Malayalam Movie Database