Rashtram

Rashtram
Rashtram
	DVD cover
Directed by	Anil C. Menon
Written by	Sajeevan
Produced by	C. Karunakaran
Starring	Suresh Gopi; Madhu; Sai Kumar; Nedumudi Venu;
Cinematography	Jibu Jacob
Edited by	Don Max
Music by	Deepak Dev (songs); S. P. Venkatesh (score);
Production; company	Carlton Films
Release date	17 March 2006;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Rashtram (transl. Nation) is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language political action film directed by Anil C. Menon and produced by C. Karunakaran. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Laya and Sai Kumar. This movie was above average grosser at the box office.

Plot

Malaikkal Joseph alias Ouseppachan is a politician. The chief minister, Janardhanan Kurup is his friend, along with Gopalan. One day, Janardhanan Kurup dies in hospital after having a heart attack at a meeting. Before dying, he tells Ouseppachan that he wants him to be the next chief minister. Ouseppachan ponders this and calls other people of the Party. In the end, he says that he is unfit and makes his son Thomas alias Thommi, the next chief minister. Thommi sorts out many problems. But corrupt ministers have a grudge against him. They launch an attack on Thommi's house and Ouseppachan is killed by a lorry. Thommi takes revenge by killing them on the Republic Day.

Cast

Suresh Gopi as Kerala Chief Minister Maliyekkal Thomas Joseph/ Maliyekkal Thommi
Madhu as Maliyekkal Ouseppachan, Thommi's father and A Gandhian Ideology
Thilakan as Kerala Opposition Leader M.V. Gopalan, Ouseppachan's Friend
Nedumudi Venu as Kerala ex-Chief Minister Janardhanan Kurup, Ouseppachan's Friend
Laya as Dr. Celine George, Thommi's Love Interest
Janardanan as Keshava Menon, A Politician and Nooruddin's Partner
Sai Kumar as Nooruddin, A Corrupt Politician and The Main Antagonist
Vijayaraghavan as Medayil Chandy, A Afgari Smuggler and Nooruddin's Partner
Adithya Menon as Ameer Musthafa, A International Criminal, Nooruddin's Partner and The Main Antagonist
Bheeman Raghu as Kerala Health Minister Koshy Cheriyan
Meghanathan as Medayil Johnykutty, Chandy's son
Suresh Krishna as Mukundan Menon, Keshava Menon's son
Spadikam George as ACP Adiyodi George IPS and Nooruddin's Partner
Suraj Venjaramoodu Party member, Lonappan, Keshava Menon's P.A.
V. K. Sreeraman as Kerala Finance Minister M. Varadarajan
Sona Nair as Maliyekkal Sharitha, Thommi's sister
K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Maliyekkal Annamma, Thommi's mother
Pallavi Narayanan as Thommi's niece
Chali Pala as MLA Geevarghese
Baiju Ezhupunna as Bhadran
Babu Swamy as Bahuleyan Pillai
P. Sreekumar as Vettichira Sadasivan
Kollam Ajith as Kunjappan
T. P. Madhavan as Govindan Menon
Prem Prakash as Charles
Subair as CI Basheer
Sadiq as Abdullah
Ponnamma Babu as Gomati

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deepak Dev.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Oru Koodi Mangalam	K. J. Yesudas, Rachana John	Kaithapram	04:09
2	Puthu Vasantham	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Chorus		04:20
3	Oru Koodi (Slow)	K. J. Yesudas, Rachana John		04:24
4	Rasthram Theme	Instrumental Andrew Agnew, Luke Toulson, Chris Corcoran, Felix, Bella, Justin Fletcher, Brian Herring, Kris Marshall, Makka Pakka,		02:24

References

↑ "Rashtram". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
↑ "Rashtram". .nowrunning.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
↑ "Rashtram". spicyonion.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
↑ "Rashtram Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links

Rashtram at IMDb
Rashtram on YouTube

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[1] "Rashtram". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[2] "Rashtram". .nowrunning.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[3] "Rashtram". spicyonion.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[4] "Rashtram Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.