Udayananu Tharam (2005)
- Original title
- ഉദയനാണ് താരം
- Directed by
- Rosshan Andrrews
- Genre
- comedy, drama, romance
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An assistant director dreams of making his own film but a rival steals his script to become a big star. The movie shows the ups and downs of the Malayalam film industry through a funny but critical lens.
satiricaldarkly comicbittersweetagonizingfast-pacedwrycerebral
What happens
Udayananu Tharam (transl. Udayan is the star) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy satire film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Sreenivasan based on a story they had co-written. The film stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Meena, Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar and Salim Kumar. The songs featured in the film was composed by Deepak Dev, while Ouseppachan provided the background score. Udayananu Tharam presents the Malayalam film industry through a satirical viewpoint. The financial and artistic crisis which plagued the once glittering Malayalam film industry at the turn of the 21st century lies at the center of the story. It depicts the struggles of Udayabhanu (Mohanlal), an assistant director who aspires to be a director. But he is thwarted in his attempts by a scheming friend and junior artist, Rajappan Thengamoodu (Sreenivasan), who steals his screenplay to become superstar Saroj Kumar. The film made the biggest ever opening until then in the history of Malayalam cinema. The film won two Kerala State Film Awards, for Best Debut Director and for Best Choreography. It is inspired by the 1999 movie Bowfinger. It was remade into Tamil cinema as Velli Thirai in 2008 and into Bollywood as Shortkut in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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