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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ottayal Pattalam<br />
| image = Ottayal Pattalam.jpg.jpg<br />
| director = [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = T. K. Rajeev Kumar<br>[[Kalavoor Ravikumar]]<br />
| starring = [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br>[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]<br>[[Madhoo]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Sharreth]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Sunny Joseph]]<br />
| editing = Venugopal<br />
| distributor = Century Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ottayal Pattalam''''' ({{trans|One man army}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]. The film stars [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] and [[Madhoo]], with [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]<br />
and [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha|KPAC Lalitha]] in the supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/madhoo-happy-birthday/|title=Madhoo, happy birthday! {{!}} Bollywood Life|date=2013-03-26|website=www.bollywoodlife.com|language=en-EN|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Ottayal Pattalam (1992)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/ottayal-pattalam/|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> [[Sharreth]] scored the music for the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/music/2018/06/09/composer-sharreth-tuned-this-song-on-his-heartbreak-day.html|title=Composer Sharreth tuned this song on his heartbreak day|website=OnManorama|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Venu ([[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]) is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistaken by the police for the kidnapper of Gopika Varma, an [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] girl ([[Madhoo]]). Venu tries to solve his problems and prove his innocence and meanwhile stay out of sight of police, by pretending to be a retired Colonel. Amidst his efforts to prove his innocence, he falls in love with Gopika. When she finds he is innocent and gets to know everything had happened without his knowledge, she also starts loving him. How Venu proves that he is innocent is the rest of the plot. The true kidnapper turns out to be an African.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Venu Gopalakrishnan/Col. R. K. Nair<br />
* [[Madhoo]] as Gopika Varma/Indu<br />
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as DIG Chandrashekara Menon<br />
* [[KPAC Lalitha]] as Shoshamma<br />
* [[Shammi Thilakan]]<br />
* Antony (Kenyan) as Simon Antony<br />
* [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as [[Superintendent of police (India)|SI]]<br />
* [[Vettukili Prakash]] as Velayudhan<br />
* [[Edavela Babu]]<br />
* [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]]<br />
* [[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as [[Make-up artist|Makeup man]]<br />
* Preethika<br />
* Ranju<br />
* [[Ravi Vallathol]]<br />
* Asha Jayaram<br />
* [[James (Malayalam actor)|James]]<br />
* Manimala as Matron<br />
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==Soundtrack ==<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Ottayal Pattalam<br />
| type = soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Sharreth]]<br />
| cover = <br />
| border = yes<br />
| released = <br />
| recorded = <br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = <br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = <br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| label = <br />
| producer = <br />
| prev_title = [[Kshanakkathu]]<br />
| prev_year = 1990<br />
| year = 1991<br />
| next_title = [[Rudraksham]]<br />
| next_year = 1992<br />
}}<br />
The film has two songs composed by [[Sharreth]], while the lyrics were penned by [[P. K. Gopi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/top-scorer/article3811667.ece|title=Top scorer|last=Kumar|first=P. K. Ajith|date=2012-08-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/radhika-thilak-death-10-songs-remember-deceased-playback-singer-647335|title=Radhika Thilak death: 10 songs to remember deceased playback singer|last=IBTimes|date=2015-09-21|website=International Business Times, India Edition|language=english|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> The song "Mayamanchalil" is an Evergreen song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Manjakiliyude-Moolipattu-stops-abruptly/articleshow/49043603.cms|title=Manjakiliyude Moolipattu stops abruptly - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> The background score of the movie was by Johnson.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Track !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| "Mayamanchalil Ithu" || [[Radhika Thilak]], [[G. Venugopal]]||| [[P. K. Gopi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Thinthaktho" ||[[G. Venugopal]]||| [[P. K. Gopi]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0235653}}<br />
{{T. K. Rajeev Kumar}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]<br />
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