- Source: Manorathangal
Manorathangal (transl. Mindscapes) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language anthology television series. The anthology features nine featurettes based on M. T. Vasudevan Nair's nine short stories: Aswathy V Nair, daughter of M.T. Vasudevan Nair, is the creative director of this film. Titles are Olavum Theeravum, Kadugannawa; Oru Yathra Kurippu, Sherlock, Silalikhitham, Vilpana, Kadalkkaattu, Kazhcha, Abhayam Thedi Veendum, and Swargam Thurakkuna Samayam.
The anthology is presented by Kamal Haasan. It comprises an ensemble cast including Mohanlal, Mammootty, Fahad Fazil, Biju Menon, Nedumudi Venu, Siddique, Indrajith Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Mamukkoya, Vineeth, Indrans, Aparna Balamurali, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Surabhi Lakshmi, and Ann Augustine. The anthology released on 15 August 2024 on ZEE5.
Cast
Kamal Haasan as Narrator for all segments
= Olavum Theeravum
=Mohanlal as Baputty
Surabhi Lakshmi as Beevathu
Durga Krishna as Nabeesa
Hareesh Peradi as Kunjali
Mamukkoya as Mammadikka
= Kadugannawa, Oru Yathra Kurippu
=Mammootty as Adult Venugopal
Vineeth as Venugopal's father
Anumol as Venugopal's mother
= Kazhcha
=Harish Uthaman as Vishwanathan
Narain as Prabhakaran
Parvathy Thiruvothu as Sudha
Kalamandalam Saraswathy as Grandma
Manju Pathrose as Sumathi
= Shilalikhitam
=Biju Menon as Gopalankutty
Sshivada as Sarala
Shanthi Krishna as Malu amma
Joy Mathew as Raghavan Mama
T. G. Ravi as Parameshwaran
Manikandan Pattambi as Kumaran Mash
Nila Bharathi as Renu
Geethi Sangeetha as Kurumba
Nandu Poduval as Eroman
Karthika Pradeep as Narayani
Hareesh Pengan as Uzhuthura Warrier
= Vilpana
=Asif Ali as Sunil Das
Madhoo as Gita Parekh
Sreejith Ravi as brocker Balu
Chitra Iyer as visitor
Ujjwal Chopra as Mr. Parekh
= Sherlock
=Nadhiya as Balu's Chechi
Fahadh Faasil as Balu
Cat as Sherlock
= Swargam Thurakkuna Samayam
=Surabhi Lakshmi as Sita
Kailash as Achu
Indrans as Kuttinarayanan
Nedumudi Venu as Madhavan Mash
Renji Panicker as Pathmanabhan
Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai
= Abhyam Theedi Veendum
=Siddique as The Man
Ishit Yamini as The Woman
Naseer Sankranthi as Karyasthan
= Kadalkkaattu
=Aparna Balamurali as Bharathi
Indrajith Sukumaran as Keshav
Ann Augustine as Margaret
Sanju Sivram as Vincent
Episodes
Production
The anthology consists of nine short stories by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. It was conceptualised by Nair's daughter, Aswathy V. Nair, during the COVID-19 pandemic to commemorate his 90th birthday. Initially, she selected 20 stories, but eventually narrowed it down to 10, and finally settled on nine. While her initial intention was to focus on stories with female protagonists, she also included stories with male protagonists after discovering several compelling narratives. Explaining her decision, she stated, "I wanted women as the protagonists but discovered many wonderful stories with male protagonists. Ultimately, I chose stories with an abiding human element, with emotions of love, lust, greed and revenge, etc". Aswathy also directed one segment titled Vilpana. According to Onmanorama, the anthology draws inspiration from Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015), a television series based on the works of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Aswathy served as the creative producer. The series began production in 2021. By January 2022, six of the films had completed production, including Silalikhitham, Vilpana, Kadalkkaattu, Kazhcha, Abhayam Thedi Veendum, and Swargam Thurakkuna Samayam. Priyadarshan-directed Olavum Theeravum is a remake of the 1970 film of the same name. It began production on 10 July 2022 and wrapped up on 17 July 2022. Priyadarshan also directed Silalikhitham. Kadugannawa Oru Yathra was initially supposed to be directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery. But Ranjith replaced him and began production on 16 August 2022 and wrapped up on 26 August 2022. Olavum Theeravum completed filming in July 2022 in Thodupuzha, which was made in black-and-white format. Initially, the series was produced for Netflix, but the platform rejected the anthology reportedly due to the addition of new segments starring Mohanlal, Mammootty, and Fahadh Faasil which increased the production cost. Later, ZEE5 acquired the series.the series was co-produced by Anil Thampi and Chandana Thampi
Release
The trailer of the anthology released on 15 July 2024 on Occasion of M.T. Vasudevan Nair's birthday. The series will release on the OTT platform ZEE5. The series was initially planned for release in September on Occasion of Onam but later advanced to 15 August 2024. Apart from Malayalam, the series is also released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages.
Controversy
During trailer launch of the series, Asif Ali was supposed to present a memento to Ramesh Narayan, but Ramesh allegedly refused to accept it from the actor, leading to widespread criticism about his behaviour. He responded that he was music director of Jayaraj's segment of the series, but he didn't get invited to stage on launch event and he was disappointed. He also clarified that he didn't hear the announcement and didn't know that Asif Ali is presenting the momento.
Reception
A review in the Indian Express found, the anthology film "has some standout segments, some that are decent and others that fall short." while The Hindu too stated it contained "a few hidden gems". The Hindustan Times praised the poetic achievement of the production.
References
External links
Manorathangal at IMDb
Manorathangal
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Fahadh Faasil
- Manorathangal
- Olavum Theeravum (2024 film)
- Harish Uthaman
- Durga Krishna
- Nedumudi Venu filmography
- Surabhi Lakshmi
- Aparna Balamurali
- Asif Ali (actor)
- Fahadh Faasil filmography
- Siddique (actor)
