| Spanish Masala | |
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| Directed by | Lal Jose |
| Written by | Benny P. Nayarambalam |
| Produced by | Noushad |
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| Cinematography | Loganathan Srinivasan |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Big Screen Productions |
| Distributed by | Plaza Group Release |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹ 14 Cr |
| Box office | ₹4.60 crore (US$530,000)[2] |
Spanish Masala is a 2012 Indianromantic comedy film directed byLal Jose. The film starsDileep, Daniela Zacherl,Kunchacko Boban,Biju Menon, Javier Sandoval and Nelson Sooranad. WithNivin Pauly andArchana Kavi In Cameo appearance.In the film, Charlie, an impressionist works at an Indian restaurant in Spain, he becomes close to his employer's blind daughter by imitating her lost boyfriend's voice and tries to reunite them.Spanish Masala was released on 20 January 2012 to positive reviews from critics but the film was not commercial successful at box office.[3] It has since developed a cult status.
The story is set inSpain, and revolves around Charlie, an illegal immigrant stranded inMadrid. To make things worse, he is conversant only inMalayalam. He gets a job as a cook in an Indian restaurant, as he has some experience in running a roadside eatery in his homeland, run by an expatriate, Majid. In the restaurant he is assigned with the task of serving up various types of dosa and, he comes up with a local variant named Spanish Masala. This turns out to be his passport to employment in the home of an ex-diplomat, who had earlier served in India.
There he meets the diplomat's daughter Camilla, who is visually impaired. She becomes a big time fan of Charlie's Spanish Masala. She is not on talking terms with her father, who is believed to have killed her Indian lover, Rahul, the son of herMalayali nanny, from whom she has learnt to speak Malayalam. Later Camilla starts to get closer to Charlie. Since he can imitate impersonate voices, one servant Pappan leads him to imitate Rahul's voice and keep Rahul's memory alive.
After some days, she recovers and her eyesight returns, but now her father is no more. A strange incident occurs when Rahul arrives for his funeral. One day, as per Menon's instruction, Charlie cleans Señor's (Camilla's dad) room. He finds a CD which Señor had seen before he died, and from that he finds out that Rahul was sent to Portugal to avoid the relationship between Camilla and Rahul, by paying him money by Señor. Again Rahul is spared by Charlie.
As it goes, one day Menon enters a bar where he sees Rahul and another girl dancing together. He went to interrogate about it by following him, when he saw Rahul sitting with some goons and the girl. Later he researched it, when he discovered it wasn't a good life for Rahul in Portugal. He sold the factory which Señor offered him and he had taken a loan from some goons for gambling and could not repay them. Camilla heard about it and she felt sorrow that she was keeping a crooked lover in her mind. Later Camilla and Menon return toKerala, India to fix marriage between Charlie and Camilla.
Most of the film was shot inMadrid, with one song shot inVienna, and the remainder scenes inCochin andAlappuzha districts ofKerala.[4][better source needed] The film portrays several Spanish arts, festivals and sports such asbullfighting,flamenco dance andLa Tomatina which was the real la tomatina festival shot for the first time in Indian cinema.[5]Daniela Zacherl, the female lead, is an Austrian model.[6][7] She replacedAmy Jackson who had to drop out due to conflicts withEkk Deewana Tha.[8]
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| Released | 13 December 2011 (2011-12-13) | |||
| Recorded | Varsha Vallaki Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:26 | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
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The audio launch was done on 14 December at IMA Hall inKochi. Song composer wasVidyasagar, the lyrics are penned by R. Venugopal. The soundtrack was rated 6/10 by Music Aloud.[9]
| No. | Song | Singers |
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| 1 | "Akkare Ninnoru" | Vineeth Sreenivasan,Sujatha Mohan |
| 2 | "Aareyuthiyaavo" | Karthik,Shreya Ghoshal |
| 3 | "Hayyo Hayyo" | Yazin Nizar, Franco |
| 4 | "Irulil Oru" | Udit Narayan,Vidyasagar |
| 5 | "Irulil Oru" | Karthik,Udit Narayan |
| 5 | "Omana" | Nikita Balasubramanian |