Season (film)

Infobox_Film
name = 'Season'
imdb_id = 0292226
writer = P. Padmarajan
starring = Mohanlal,
Maniyan Pilla Raju,
Asokan
director = P. Padmarajan
released = 1989
language = Malayalam
music = Ilayaraja

"Season" is a 1989 movie written and directed by the late P. Padmarajan, which is loosely based on Stephen King's "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption". The movie, though a failure at the box office, stands apart because of Padmarajan's story-telling style, realistic portrayal of drug trade in Kovalam and flawless performance of Mohanlal. The story is set in beautiful locales of Kovalam beach in Kerala and Poojappura Central Prison, Trivandrum.

Plot

The protagonist (Mohanlal), is convicted to a life term. In the jail he meets the person (s foreigner) who is responsible for his jail life. The protagonist was running a small hotel in Kovalam. The foreigner had cheated and killed his friends and had looted his wealth, without ever seeing him. Meanwhile, protagonist had seen the foreigner once without coming to the eye-sight of the foreigner. The protagonist had landed-up in trouble when the girl with the foreigner whom he had put in custody to get information about the foreigner committed suicide in his house. The protagonist along with the foreigner flees the jail, and returns back to the jail with a winning smile, not before killing the foreigner.

Cast

*Mohanlal
*Fabien
*Maniyan Pilla Raju
*Ashokan
*Shari
*Leena Nair

Credits

*Director - P. Padmarajan
*Music Director - Ilayaraja
*Singer - K. S. Chithra

Trivia

* A hollywood film based on Stephen King's "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" was released in 1994. Padmarajan worked on the theme 5 years before hollywood bosses spotted it.