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{{Infobox film
| name = Photographer
| image = Photographer (Malayalam film).jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Ranjan Pramod]]
| producer = Houli Pottoor
| writer = Ranjan Pramod
| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br />[[Neethu]]<br/>Mani<br />[[Biju Menon]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = [[Alagappan N.]]
| editing = Jyothy
| studio = Dream Team Productions
| distributor = Dream Team Release
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|10|24}}
| runtime = 147 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
}}
'''''Photographer''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Ranjan Pramod]]. Starring [[Mohanlal]], Mani, [[Neethu]], and [[Biju Menon]]. The film is loosely based on the [[Muthanga incident]] of 2003, in which a policeman and a [[adivasi|tribal]] were killed. Mohanlal plays dual roles as a [[wildlife photographer]] and a farmer. The soundtrack was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]].<ref name="preview">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/8821.html|title=Photographer - Photographer into realities|publisher=Indiaglitz|date=23 September 2006|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3330/malayalam/photographer/preview.htm|title=Photographer Synopisis|publisher=Nowrunning.com|date=|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>

The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Pramod and the debut of [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] actress [[Neethu]] in [[Malayalam cinema]], as well as the comeback of composer Johnson after a sabbatical. ''Photographer'' was released on 24 October 2006. Mani, who played the role of a tribal boy won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]]. Johnson won the Mathrubhumi Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack and Mullasserry Raju Music Award for the song "Enthe Kannanu".

==Plot==
{{More plot|date=September 2019}}
Dijo John (Mohanlal) is a nature and [[wildlife photographer]]. He has a wife and a young son. In a flashback scene, we see Dijo eloping with [[Brahmin]] girl Sathyavathy (Nithyashree).

He keeps taking trips to the forests and taking pictures for magazines like [[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] and also on his website which he uses to sell his images online. On one such trip to the forests, he happens to save an [[adivasi]] boy, Thammi, from the hands of a notorious police officer and his crew and becomes the spokesperson on their behalf.

He even makes a photograph of the police officer aiming at the harmless boy and tries to bring the issue to the public. But his friend who is also the state forest minister assures protection to the boy and advises him from making these incidents more public. Thammi who is lodged in a juvenile home, happens to be there for a while but toward the middle of the film goes missing. Then our wild life activist is again on the run towards the interiors of the forest to trace the child. And amidst the new mission, the photographer is also missing.

Dijo's younger brother Joy (also Mohanlal) is a happy-go-lucky rich planter and a pulp writer who has a publication. He try to investigate the situation but with little success. Later, Dijo is found walking around the forest in a dazed condition as he realizes that his fight for the rights of adivasi is a futile exercise and all including his friend, the forest minister and the bureaucracy is nowhere to help the men of the forest.

==Cast==
* [[Mohanlal]] as Photographer Dijo John / Planter Joy John (double role)
* [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]] as Dijo's mother
* [[Neethu (actress)|Neethu]] as Sathyavathi wife of Dijo
* Master Mani as Thammi a tribal child
* [[Biju Menon]] as Forest Minister
* Master Sougandh as Sharan
* [[Saranya Bhagyaraj]] as Asha
* [[Venu Nagavalli]] as Chief Minister
* [[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Circle Inspector
* [[Mammukoya]] as Teastall owner Hassanikka
* [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Ananthan
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as [[Revolution|Viplavam]] Balan
* [[Ambika Mohan]] as Balan's wife
* [[Daniel Balaji]] as S.I.T officer
* [[Janaki Sabesh]] as John's sister-in-law

==Production==
The film is loosely based on the [[Muthanga incident]] of 2003, in which a policeman and a [[adivasi|tribal]] were killed. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter [[Ranjan Pramod]]. Filming began in July 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kumar|first=P. K. Ajith|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/07/07/stories/2006070701230300.htm|title=Images of a scenarist|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 July 2006|accessdate=31 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812082447/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/07/07/stories/2006070701230300.htm|archivedate=12 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="release">{{cite news|last=Pillai|first=Sreedhar|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/10/20/stories/2006102001180100.htm|title=Clash of the Titans|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 October 2006|accessdate=31 January 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313222522/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/10/20/stories/2006102001180100.htm|archivedate=13 March 2008}}</ref> The film was also the debut of [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] actress [[Neethu]] in [[Malayalam cinema]], as well as the comeback of composer [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] after a sabbatical. Mani, a real tribal boy played a tribal in the film.

==Soundtrack==
The original songs featured in the film was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]], with lyrics by [[Kaithapram Damodaran]]. Soundtrack album was released by the label [[Satyam Audios]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographer - Johnson |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/photographer/teLEaeaeWVQ_ |publisher=[[Saavn]] |accessdate=6 September 2019}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Photographer
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics =

| title1 = Enthe Kannanu
| note1 = Version 1
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| length1 = 4:45

| title2 = Pulchadi
| extra2 = Vaisali
| length2 = 3:44

| title3 = Chandrika Raavil
| extra3 = Vijeesh Goplal, [[Gayatri Asokan]]
| length3 = 4:47

| title4 = Vasantharaavil
| extra4 = [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length4 = 4:55

| title5 = Poopuzhayil
| extra5 = [[Vijay Yesudas]]
| length5 = 4:30

| title6 = Kadlolam
| extra6 = [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length6 = 4:56

| title7 = Enthe Kannanu
| note7 = Version 2
| extra7 = [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]]
| length7 = 4:45
}}

==Release==
''Photographer'' was released in theatres on 24 October 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/26285.html|title=Photographer hits tomorrow|publisher=Indiaglitz|date=23 October 2006|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref><ref name="release"/>

==Awards==
Mani won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]].<ref>[http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa06.htm "Kerala State Film Awards 2006"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144257/http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa06.htm |date=13 July 2011 }}. [[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]]. Retrieved 2011-01-31</ref> Johnson won the Mathrubhumi Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/33604.html|title=Mammootty, Padmapriya bags Mathrubhumi awards |publisher=Indiaglitz|date=15 September 2007|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref> and the Mullasserry Raju Music Award for the song "Enthe Kannanu".<ref>{{cite news|last=Ajithkumar|first=P. K.|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007092151300200.htm&date=2007/09/21/&prd=th&|title=A treat for music lovers|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 September 2007|accessdate=31 January 2011|archivedate=25 January 2013|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130125202329/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007092151300200.htm&date=2007/09/21/&prd=th&|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0867401|Photographer}}

[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2006 drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2006 directorial debut films]]

Photographer (film) - Revision history

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