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Danny 
Film posterDirected by T. V. Chandran Produced by T. V. Chandran Written by T. V. Chandran Starring Mammootty,
Mallika Sarabhai,
Vani Viswanath,
Siddique,
Vijayaraghavan,
Ratheesh,
Maya Moushmi,
Narendra PrasadMusic by Johnson Cinematography K. G. Jayan Editing by Venugopal Studio Film Commune Release date(s) December 2001 Running time 120 minutes Country India Language Malayalam Danny is a 2001 National award winning Indian Malayalam political-drama film written, directed and produced by T.V. Chandran with Mammootty in the title role. Also starring in the film are noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, Vani Viswanath, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Ratheesh, popular television actress Maya Moushmi and Narendra Prasad. It released coinciding with the festival of Christmas in December 2001.[1] The film met with critical acclaim with most of the critics hailing the performance of Mammootty.[2] It won numerous awards including a National Film Award and three Kerala State Film Awards.
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Plot
The film is about Daniel Thomson, a saxophone player who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings taking place around in the world. The film traces the life of this character up to his seventy third year and comments upon many things that may have social and political relevance. Danny as he is known, was born on the day of the Dandi Salt March. His wife leaves him on the day the first Communist Government of Kerala loses power. Danny’s love, disappointments, triumphs everything coincides with historical events. Danny dons many roles in life. He sings in the church. Then he becomes a saxophone player. And then many such roles. But with the passage of time, Danny is abandoned by all and he finds himself destined to lead a desolate existence. He ends up in a hospital. And it is here that he meets Bhargavi Amma, a retired professor, who is also desolate after the death of her daughter and after being totally isolated in life. Danny and Bhargavi Amma develop an intimacy and they travel back together from the hospital. But Danny passes away on the way. Anyhow Bhargavi Amma decides to perform the funeral rites in the Christian manner in the compound of her house, a house of orthodox Hindus. This creates certain problems, but Bhargavi Amma decides to dare all such problems.
Cast
- Mammootty as Danny
- Mallika Sarabhai as Bhargavi Amma
- Vani Viswanath as Margarette, Danny's wife
- Siddique as Freddy
- Vijayaraghavan as Robert, Danny's son.
- Maya Moushmi as Clara, Danny's daughter
- Ratheesh as Dr. Renji Thomas
- Narendra Prasad as Fr. Simon
- N. F. Varghese as Prof. Padmanabha Menon
- Poornima Mohan as Madhavi
- Urmila Unni as Jayalakshmi
- Devadevan as younger Robert and Albert, Robert's son
- Aliyar as Narayanan Nair
- Irshad as Murukan
- Sona Nair as Annie
- Reena
- Sivaji as Ramabhadran
- Sreekumar as Chavaro
Awards
- Best Feature Film in Malayalam - T. V. Chandran
- Kerala State Film Awards[4]
- Best Director - T. V. Chandran
- Best Photography - K. G. Jayan
- Best Processing Lab - Chitranjali
References
- ^ Unni R. Nair (December 14, 2001). "Gearing up for Christmas". Screen India. http://www.screenindia.com/old/20011214/rmala.html. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- ^ "At the crossroads". Deccan Herald. cscsarchive.org. May 5, 2002. http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/74BF0E402B90412FE5256BB400126220. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ "49th National Film Awards". Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. July 26, 2002. http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rjul2002/26072002/r2607200224a.html. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- ^ "Kerala State Film Awards - 2001". Chalachitra Academy. 2001. http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa01.htm. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
External links
- Danny at the Internet Movie Database
- Danny at the Malayalam Movie Database
- Unni R. Nair. (June 7, 2001). "Dani— Travelling with history". Screen India
- "മമ്മൂട്ടി:ഭാഷയും ദേശവും- 6". Mathrubhumi.
- Manuvilsan. "Danny Review: Man as a mere instrument of the society". Cinemaofmalayalam.net
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2001–present Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2001) · Sayanam (2001) · Danny (2002) · Nizhalkuthu (2003) · Sabhalam (2004) · Akale (2005) · Thanmathra (2006) · Drishtantham (2007) · Ore Kadal (2008) · Thirakkatha (2009) · Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2010) · Veettilekkulla Vazhi (2011)
Categories:- 2001 films
- Indian films
- Malayalam-language films
- 2000s Malayalam-language films
- 2000s comedy-drama films
- Films directed by T. V. Chandran
- Mammootty
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