Daisy (1988 film)

Daisy
Daisy
Feature film soundtrack
Length	20:25
Language	Malayalam
Label	EMI

Daisy
Daisy
	Prathap K. Pothan ; Khalid
Produced by	Babu
Starring	Harish Kumar; Sonia; Lakshmi; Kamal Haasan;
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	B. Lenin; V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Shyam
Production; company	Thomsun Films
Release date	19 February 1988;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Daisy is a 1988 Indian

Aniyathipravu

.

Plot

Pradeep Menon is a troubled teenager who studies in a

Nilgiris

. He is regarded as a trouble-maker and is often punished by his teachers and headmaster, severely at times. When the beautiful Daisy Thomas joins the school; he makes fun of her on her first day, thus beginning a series of misadventures that result in more punishment for him. Although this brings him close to Daisy, and they are attracted to each other.

Daisy tries to help Pradeep. She is shocked to see how rude he is towards his mother, Malathi Menon, but is unable to do anything about it. She later learns the reason behind his hatred is that his mother had decided to remarry after his father's death and started spending less time with him.

Things improve considerably when Malathi is confined to a hospital and Pradeep starts visiting her, thereby improving their relationship. Pradeep starts to respond positively to Daisy's help and is all set to turn a new leaf. Then Pradeep's world is turned upside down when he witnesses Daisy in the arms of James. Shocked at this, Pradeep regresses to his self-destructive ways, alienating himself from everyone.

He later, learns that James is Daisy's older brother and that she is terminally ill. Things take a dark turn and his mother passes away. He also soon loses Daisy. The movie ends with him finding solace in James.

Cast

Harish Kumar as Pradeep Menon
Sonia as Daisy Thomas
Lakshmi as Malathi Menon
M. G. Soman as Balakrishna Menon
Nedumudi Venu as Pradeep's uncle
Kamal Haasan as James Kuttichan (Daisy's brother)
Sankaradi as Teacher
Lalu Alex as Ravi
Thesni Khan as Classmate of Daisy and Pradeep
Captain Raju as Headmaster
Renny as John
Subbu Panchu Arunachalam
as Thomas
Jagathy Sreekumar as Tamil Postman
Jagannatha Varma as Daisy's Father
Smitha Salim
Sohani

Soundtrack

The film music was composed by Shyam,^[4] the lyrics were written by P. Bhaskaran.

Track list
No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Ormathan Vasantha"	K. J. Yesudas
2.	"Pookale"	K. S. Chithra
3.	"Rapadithan"	K. S. Chithra
4.	"Thenmazayo"	Krishnachandran
5.	"Laalanam"	K. J. Yesudas

References

^ "Life was a celebration for Pratap Pothen, says Kamal Haasan". Onmanorama. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "RIP Pratap Pothen: Colleagues remember the 'man so full of life'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "ഡെയ്‌സി (1988)". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ Ajithkumar, P. K. (1 March 2019). "A melodious tribute to Shyam". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

Daisy at
IMDb

[1] "Life was a celebration for Pratap Pothen, says Kamal Haasan". Onmanorama. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[2] "RIP Pratap Pothen: Colleagues remember the 'man so full of life'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[3] "ഡെയ്‌സി (1988)". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

[4] Ajithkumar, P. K. (1 March 2019). "A melodious tribute to Shyam". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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