One Man Show (film)

One Man Show
Directed byShafi
Written byRafi Mecartin
Produced byGirish Vaikom
StarringJayaram
Mukesh
Lal
Samyuktha Varma
Narrated byLal
CinematographyAnandakuttan
Edited byK. P. Hariharaputhran
Music bySuresh Peters (songs)
Rajamani (score)
Production
company
Aswathey Films
Distributed byLal Release
Rafa International
Release date
  • December 25, 2001 (2001-12-25)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

One Man Show is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Shafi (in his directorial debut) and written by the Rafi Mecartin duo. It stars Jayaram, Mukesh, Samyuktha Varma, Lal, Manya, Kalabhavan Mani and Narendra Prasad. The story unfurls itself in the course of a TV game show.[1] This film was a huge commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as Kalakkura Chandru (2007).

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs in this movie were written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and was given music by Suresh Peters. The music was distributed by Sathyam Audios.

Reception

A critic from Screen wrote that "One Man Show, produced by Girish Vaikkom under the banner of Aswathey Films and directed by debutante Shafi, tries a novel approach as far as narration is concerned".[2] A critic from Sify wrote that "The Tenkasipattanam team does not get their story correct,as in the second half the film drags on. Still thanks to Jayaram and Mukesh,the film just manages to keep afloat".[3] A critic from Kalakeralam.com wrote that "Since their last rib-tickler Thenkasippattanam was a laugh riot, one would expect Rafi-Mecartin to ting their next film with a profuse dose of humor. But, the maiden directorial venture of Shafi, One Man Show lacks the spark, verve and fun pace of Thenkasippattanam".[4]

References

  1. ^ "One Man Show". Cine South. Archived from the original on 23 October 2002.
  2. ^ Unni R. Nair (11 January 2002). "One Man Show: Novel approach". Screen India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010.
  3. ^ Moviebiz. "Review: One Man Show". Sify. Archived from the original on 20 March 2005.
  4. ^ "Film Review - ONE MAN SHOW". Kalakeralam.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002.