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==Plot==
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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]]). As Venu trying to solve his problems and 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.
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.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Venu Gopalakrishnan/Col. R. K. Nair
* [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Venu Gopalakrishnan/Col. R. K. Nair
*[[Madhoo]] as Gopika Varma/Indu
* [[Madhoo]] as Gopika Varma/Indu
*[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as DIG Chandrashekara Menon
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as DIG Chandrashekara Menon
*[[KPAC Lalitha]] as SI Shoshamma
* [[KPAC Lalitha]] as Shoshamma
* [[Shammi Thilakan]]
* Antony (Kenyan) as Simon Antony
* Antony (Kenyan) as Simon Antony
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]]
* [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as [[Superintendent of police (India)|SI]]
* [[Shammi Thilakan]]
* [[Vettukili Prakash]] as Velayudhan
*[[Vettukili Prakash]] as Velayudhan
* [[Edavela Babu]]
* [[Edavela Babu]]
* [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]]
* [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]]
* [[Bobby Kottarakkara]]
* [[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as [[Make-up artist|Makeup man]]
* Preethika
* Preethika
* Ranju
* Ranju

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Ottayal Pattalam
Directed byT. K. Rajeev Kumar
Written byT. K. Rajeev Kumar
Kalavoor Ravikumar
StarringMukesh
Innocent
Madhoo
Music bySharreth
CinematographySunny Joseph
Edited byVenugopal
Distributed byCentury Films
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Ottayal Pattalam (transl. One man army) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. The film stars Mukesh and Madhoo, with Innocent and KPAC Lalitha in the supporting roles.[1][2] Sharreth scored the music for the film.[3]

Plot

Venu (Mukesh) is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistaken by the police for the kidnapper of Gopika Varma, an 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.

Cast

Soundtrack

Ottayal Pattalam
Soundtrack album by
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageMalayalam
Sharreth chronology
Kshanakkathu
(1990)
Ottayal Pattalam
(1991)
Rudraksham
(1992)

The film has two songs composed by Sharreth, while the lyrics were penned by P. K. Gopi.[4][5] The song "Mayamanchalil" is an Evergreen song.[6] The background score of the movie was by Johnson.

Track Singer(s) Lyrics
"Mayamanchalil Ithu" Radhika Thilak, G. Venugopal P. K. Gopi
"Thinthaktho" G. Venugopal P. K. Gopi

References

  1. "Madhoo, happy birthday! | Bollywood Life". www.bollywoodlife.com. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. Ottayal Pattalam (1992), retrieved 24 July 2019
  3. "Composer Sharreth tuned this song on his heartbreak day". OnManorama. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. Kumar, P. K. Ajith (23 August 2012). "Top scorer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. IBTimes (21 September 2015). "Radhika Thilak death: 10 songs to remember deceased playback singer". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. "Manjakiliyude Moolipattu stops abruptly - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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