| Rock N' Roll | |
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| Directed by | Ranjith |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | P. N. Venugopal |
| Starring | Mohanlal Lakshmi Rai Siddique Lal Mukesh Manoj K.Jayan Rahman Harisree Ashokan Jagathy Sreekumar Anoop Menon |
| Cinematography | Manoj Pillai |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Vidyasagar Bijibal |
| Distributed by | Marikkar Films |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Rock N' Roll is a 2007 IndianMalayalam-languagemusicalcomedy film written and directed byRanjith. The film starsMohanlal,Lakshmi Rai,Siddique,Lal,Mukesh,Manoj K.Jayan,Rahman,Anoop Menon,Harisree Ashokan andJagathy Sreekumar. The film tells the story of seven musicians inChennai, the major centre of film production inSouth India. It was released on 9 November coinciding withDeepavali.[1][2] It received negative reviews and was considered a commercial flop at the time of release. Over the years, the movie along withMohanlal's performance has attained a cult status.Suraj Venjaramoodu's cameo role as a fraud musician was widely acclaimed and is often considered one of his early breakthroughs.[3]
The film tells the story of Chandramouli (Mohanlal), a composer and drummer, of his return toChennai from South Africa for a brief visit and of the incidents happening in that short span. Gunasekharan (Siddique), a leading music composer, is busy with his composition for the latest film directed byLal Jose. He feels that it would be better if he gets the help of his old friend, Chandramouli, who is now busy with his international concerts. But Mouli, a fun-loving and jovial musician, makes a surprise landing inChennai and helps Guna in his work. Mouli falls in love with Daya Sreenivasan (Lakshmi Rai), a female playback singer, who is also an ardent fan of him. But because of the compulsion from her parents and fiancé, Vivek (Anoop Menon), she moves back toMumbai. Mouli plots a plan with his friend, Thabala Balu, (Harisree Ashokan) to bring her back to Chennai. He convinces Daya that he is composing a dozen songs for a film and wants Daya to sing them. Daya comes back to Chennai but is not impressed by Mouli's tunes. When she openly expresses her unhappiness over the tune, Mouli takes it as a prestige issue and composes a song entirely dedicated to her. However, Daya is unable to reach the studio on that particular day because of her engagement ceremony with Vivek whom she feels is too arrogant and sophisticated for her. Knowing this, Mouli enters the engagement venue and takes Daya to the studio for half an hour despite the opposition from her family members. Daya, who is in love with Mouli, realizes his love for her and opens her mind to him. The film ends with Mouli relaxing at a beach with Daya but his old habits of carefree nature and passion for girls are still not gone.
The film received mostly negative reviews. On the other hand, the music was well received. Vidyasagar's music was popular, especially the song "Chandamama", which stayed on the charts for many weeks. The failure of the movie also resulted in a small spat between Mohanlal and director Ranjith, which continued till the duo came together for the hugely successfulSpirit (2012).[4]
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| Released | 3 November 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Varsha Vallaki Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 21:25 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Manorama Music | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
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The film's background score is composed byBijibal,[5] while the songs are composed byVidyasagar with lyrics written byGireesh Puthenchery. The songs were very popular.
| Song Title | Singers |
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| "Chandamama" | Anitha Shaiq, Rija,M. G. Sreekumar |
| "Dhiruthana" | Ranjith,Tippu |
| "Manchadi Mazha" | Madhu Balakrishnan,Sujatha |
| "Ravereyayi" | Madhu Balakrishnan |
| "Valayonnitha" | Vijay Yesudas,Ranjith, Jeemon KJ,Pradeep Palluruthy |
"Rock & Roll is an out and out musical entertainer set in Chennai milieu with the background of a recording studio and the world of musicians. It's a fun-filled movie with Mohanlal leading the pack of merry men." – director Ranjith[6]