Ivide Thudangunnu

1984 Indian film

3 August 1984 (1984-08-03)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Ivide Thudangunnu (transl. Begins here) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by J. Sasikumar, written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan and produced by Mohan Sharma. It is a remake of the 1983 Kannada film Aasha, and stars Mohanlal, Sukumari, Rahman, Rohini, and Balan K. Nair. The film features music composed by Johnson.^[1]^[2] Ivide Thudangunnu was a major commercial success at the box office and a landmark film in Mohanlal's career.

Plot

Krishnakumar is an orphan and a policeman who lives with his younger sister Sheela. Sheela falls in love with her classmate Babu and Krishnakumar accepts him as his brother in law. But tragedy strikes the couple on their honeymoon when Babu is beaten into a coma and Sheela raped and killed. The police arrest four middle-age friends who follow them. But Krishnakumar discovers that his sister's murderers are actually Babu's three classmates who are freed thanks to M. S. Menon, one of the killer's father. Krishnakumar seeks revenge.

Cast

Mohanlal as Sub-inspector Krishnakumar
Rahman as Babu
Rohini as Sheela, Krishnakumar's sister
Rajyalakshmi as Indu
Balan K. Nair as M. S. Menon
Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair as Adv. Balachandra Menon
K. P. Ummer as Pappachan
Meenakumari as Sarada
Sankaradi as Kochannan
Achankunju as Panikker
Bahadoor as Kurup
Maniyanpilla Raju as Peter
Santhosh as Rajan, M. S. Menon's son
C. I. Paul as Udumbu Narayanan, Smuggler
Janardanan as S. P.
Kuttyedathi Vilasini as Babu's mother
Kaduvakulam Antony as Krishnankutty
Kollam G. K. Pillai as P. C. Vasu Pilla

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Johnson and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader.^[3]

Ivide Thudangunnu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Etho Swapnam Pole"	Vani Jairam, Mohan Sharma	4:35
2.	"Nee Ente Jeevananomale"	P. Susheela, Mohan Sharma	4:21
3.	"Thanaro Thanaaro"	Mohan Sharma	3:51
4.	"Ennomal Sodharikku"	Mohan Sharma	4:23

Release

The film was a major commercial success of that year in Mollywood box office.^[4] Ivide Thudangunnu was a landmark film in Mohanlal's career.^[5]^[6]

References

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^ "Ivide Thudangunnu". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ "Ivide Thudangunnu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ Gayathri Ashokan (25 November 2019). "GAYATHRI ASHOK 08 | Charithram Enniloode 1578 | SafariTV" (in Malayalam). Safari TV. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Happy Birthday Mohanlal: The South Indian Superstar's Health Mantra". NDTV. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ Bhaskaran, Gautaman (3 August 2016). "That inimitable Mohanlal will now play supermarket manager in Vismayam". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.