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Runway (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Joshiy |
| Produced by | V. K. Naushad Mohandas |
| Written by | Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas |
| Starring | Dileep Indrajith Sukumaran Murali Harisree Ashokan Kavya Madhavan |
| Music by | Songs: Suresh Peters Score: S. P. Venkatesh |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
Production company | N. N. S. Arts |
| Distributed by | Swargachithra |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹ 2.75 crore |
| Box office | ₹ 12 crore |
Runway is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language crime film directed by Joshiy and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas. It stars Dileep, Indrajith Sukumaran, Murali, Kavya Madhavan and Harisree Ashokan. The film revolves around the Unni (Dileep) who due to financial problems becomes the renowned smuggler, Valayar Paramasivam, in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border check-post, Walayar. He works for a mafia king-pin Bhai (Murali).
Plot[edit]
The film begins when Gopika (Kavya Madhavan) and her father (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) come to stay in a house where Bharathiyamma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) stays with her two children Balu Damodar (Indrajith Sukumaran) and Ambili(Suja Karthika). Bharathiyamma has one more elder son Unni Damodar(Dileep) who is working in Dubai. Unni tells his family that he is working in Gulf but in reality he runs illegal spirit business with Chandy Bhai (Murali) along with Achayan (Santhosh (actor)) and Achuvettan (Mohan Jose in Valayar.
He accepts a four-year imprisonment but actually the accused was Bhai. Unni, however confesses what he does, to Gopika whom his mother is insistent that he should marry her. After leaving the jail Paramasivam (Unni) realizes that Bhai has fell into a huge debt because of the cheating of Chinnadan Varkey (Kalasala Babu) and his Sons. He then goes to Valayar and thus saves Bhai and his family from debt with his wicked mind and tricks. He again rules spirit deals in Valayar area pulling the Chinnadans into trouble. Things change when Unni's brother Balu becomes a police officer. He got posting in Valayar area, where Unni and Bhai have become big-time rowdies.
In Valayar, Balu tries his level best to catch Valayar Paramasivam but does not know that it is none other than his brother; and fails in mind game played by Unni. This makes Bhai angry with Balu. But Paramasivam tells him to forgive Balu because he was his brother. In the meantime, Unni's family comes to know that he himself is Paramsivam after Gopika's uncle (Cochin Haneefa),a jail guard in the jail where he was imprisoned visits them and he is ousted from his family. Later, Chinnadan kills Bhai's only son Johnny and blames Balu as the real killer. This made Bhai very desperate and wants to kill Balu. Bhai kidnaps him. On knowing this, Paramasivam goes to save his brother Balu and informs Bhai that the actual killer was SP (Shammi Thilakan) by identifying the ring marks in Johnny's face.
Paramasivam then confesses him that he will not lie to bhai. After realizing the innocence of Balu Damodar, Bhai and Paramasivam plans to kill the Chinnadans by releasing gas and spirit into their house after locking all the doors and sending a toy plane which blasts when functioned switch is pressed. The film moves to the climax, where it is shown that Paramasivam gets acquitted from all their cases since Bhai has pleaded guilty to all the crimes. He wants Paramasivam to return as Unni to his family and lead a normal life with them.
Cast[edit]
- Dileep as Unni Damodhar a.k.a Valayar Paramasivam
- Indrajith as Balu Damodhar (Unni's Brother)
- Murali as Bhai/Chandy,a mafia kingpin
- Harisree Ashokan as Porinju (Unni's Friend)
- Kavya Madhavan as Gopika
- Cochin Haneefa as Divakaran
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Bharathi Amma (Unni and Balu's mother)
- Mohan Jose as Achuvettan
- Santhosh as Achayan
- Mithun Ramesh as Johny (Chandy's son)
- Shammi Thilakan as SP Viswanathan
- Riyaz Khan as Chinnadan Babu, son of Chinnadan Varkey
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Kariyachan
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Krishnan Nair
- Kalasala Babu as Chinnadan Varkey
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Pandyan
- Nandu Poduval as Bhai Gang member
- Suja Karthika as Ambili (Unni's Sister)
- Ambika Mohan as Chandy's Wife
- Abraham Koshy as Excise Officer
- Vishnu Prasad
- Abdul Majeed
- Bhavana Guest Appearance in Osalama song
Crew[edit]
- Cinematography – P. Sukumar
- Editing – Ranjan Abraham
- Art direction – Joseph Nellikkal
- Makeup – Shankar
- Costumes – Manoj Alappuzha
- Choreography – Prasannan
- Stunts – A. R. Pasha and Pazhaniraj
- Stills – Ajith V. Sankar
- Effects – Sethu
- Sound engineer – N. Harikumar
- DTS mixing – Lakshmi Narayanan
- PRO – Vazhoor Jose
- Production controller – K. Mohanan
- Production – Nandu Pothuval
- Liaison – Augustine
- Associate cameraman – M. K. Vasanth Kumar
Music[edit]
| Runway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Released | 25 April 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Venue | Thiruvananthapuram | |||
| Studio | Chithranjali, Trivandrum | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 27:20 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Songs: Suresh Peters Background score: S. P. Venkatesh | |||
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Runway consists of 6 songs, including one instrumental version, were composed by Suresh Peters and the Original background music is scored by S. P. Venkatesh.All the lyrics were penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.
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| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Pulariyiloru Poothinkal(Raga:Kalyani)" | K. S. Chithra | 4:56 | ||||||
| 2. | "Nadiye Nile Nadiye" | Vidhu Prathap, Sujatha Mohan | 4:22 | ||||||
| 3. | "Oh Salama Ailesa" | Karthik | 4:05 | ||||||
| 4. | "Shaba Shaba" | Afsal, Sunitha Sarathy | 5:42 | ||||||
| 5. | "Jathi Dance" | Instrumental | 3:20 | ||||||
| 6. | "Pattu Vennilavu" | Suresh Peters, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Sunanda | 4:55 | ||||||
Total length: |
27:20 | ||||||||
Remake[edit]
The film was remade in Telugu as Nayakudu with Rajasekhar.
Sequel[edit]
In 2016, it was announced by Dileep that a sequel is in works, titled Valayar Paramasivam.
Box office[edit]
The film was blockbuster . [1][2][3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "A winning team". The Hindu. 11 July 2004.[dead link]
- ↑ sify.com
- ↑ "Malayalam cinema- Analysis 2004!". Sify. 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "Dileep-Kavya in New Zealand!". Sify. 8 January 2006. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018.
- ↑ "Quest for perfection". The Hindu. 15 September 2011.
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