Vamanapuram Bus Route

Vamanapuram Bus Route
Vamanapuram Bus Route
	DVD cover
Directed by	Sonu Shishupal
Written by	Sudheesh-John
Produced by	K. T. Anand Kumar
Starring	Mohanlal; Lakshmi Gopalaswamy; Jagathy Sreekumar; Janardhanan
Cinematography	Sanjeev Shankar
Edited by	G. Murali
Music by	Sonu Shishupal; C. Rajamani (score)
Production; company	Adithya Cine Vision
Distributed by	Sreehari Release
Release date	23 January 2004;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Vamanapuram Bus Route is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Sonu Shishupal and written by Sudheesh John, starring Mohanlal and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy. Shishupal also composed the songs featured in the film, while C. Rajamani provided the background score. The film was released on 23 January 2004.

Plot

The hamlet of Vamanapuram has no bus service. The conflict between the ruling party and the opposition in the Panchayath prevents any development in the village. The Panchayath President Gopalan Nair's ambition is to become a minister or at least a member of the Legislative Assembly. To finance his plans, he wants to pave the roads with asphalt and get funds from it. But the opposition stirs up trouble every time he tries. Then comes Lever Johnny and how he solves the problems forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Mohanlal as Lever Johnny, Johnnychayan
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as Meenakshi Nair
Jagathy Sreekumar as Gopalan Nair, Panchayat President and Meenakshi's father
Janardhanan as Bahuleyan
Adithya Menon as Karippidi Gopi
Nandhu as Kuttappan
Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Appukkuttan
Machan Varghese as Velayudhan
Innocent as Chandran Pillai (Cameo)
Kottayam Naseer as Chaakkappan
Maniyanpilla Raju as Rajappan
Jagadish as Kumaran
Rajan P. Dev as SI Ouseppu
Augustine as Kuliru Thankappan
V. K. Sreeraman as Gangadharan
Baiju as Kunjachan
K. T. S. Padannayil as Velappan Nair / Mummy Maman, Gopalan's father-in-law and Meenakshi's maternal grandfather
Manka Mahesh as Ambujam, Gopalan Nair's wife and Meenakshi's mother
Abu Salim as Udumbu Jose
Saju Kodiyan as Ayyappan
A. S. Joby as Mathapp

Soundtrack

Beside directing, Sonu Shishupal also composed the songs featured in the film, lyrics were by Gireesh Puthenchery. The background score was composed by C. Rajamani. The film reused the song "Rajavin Paarvai" from the 1966 Tamil film Anbe Vaa, originally composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The soundtrack album was released by MC Audios & Videos.^[1]

Vamanapuram Bus Route (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Enniyenni Chakkakkuru"	M. G. Sreekumar	4:44
2.	"Ezhai Paravakale"	M. G. Sreekumar	5:10
3.	"Niragopurakkuri Charthi"	K. J. Yesudas	4:55
4.	"Rajavin Paarvai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:25
5.	"Thaane En Thamburu"	Manjari	4:46
6.	"Unnimaavilooyalitta"	M. G. Sreekumar, Rimi Tomy	4:55
7.	"Vaamanapuramunde"	M. G. Sreekumar	5:13

Release and reception

Vamanapuram Bus Route was released on 23 January 2004. It opened major in Savitha Films Ernakulam and other 35 centres Kerala. The film received unfavourable reviews from critics.^[2] Sify's critic wrote that "our heart goes out to Mohanlal, one of the finest actors in the country who is being wasted in insipid films".^[3] Despite the criticism, the film managed to remain in all 36 theatres in its third week. In a 19 February 2004 box office report, The Hindu wrote that "Mohanlal's Vamanapuram Bus Route is doing its third week in 36 centres in Kerala and doing good business outside Kerala".^[4]

References

^ "Vamanapuram Bus Route (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ Moviebuzz (25 January 2004). "Vamanapuram Bus Route". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ Moviebuzz (24 January 2004). "Review : Vamanapuram Bus Route (2004)". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ Egmore, Indira Sisupal (19 February 2004). "Box office hits back". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

External links

Vamanapuram Bus Route at IMDb

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[1] "Vamanapuram Bus Route (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[2] Moviebuzz (25 January 2004). "Vamanapuram Bus Route". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[3] Moviebuzz (24 January 2004). "Review : Vamanapuram Bus Route (2004)". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[4] Egmore, Indira Sisupal (19 February 2004). "Box office hits back". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

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